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  • n  physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest
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  • Municipal Court
    CASES CALLED MONDAY INCLUDED: Nathaniel Byrd, 31, of 702 W. State St., resisting arrest, dismissed. Melissa K. Sloan, 33, of Youngstown, obstructing official business, guilty, fined $150; tampering with evidence, dismissed. Myeisha Danay Wagner, 19, of 2748 Sunset Ave., theft, dismissed - prosecutor request. Naasirah K. Akram, 20, of 1934 Fred Jordan Dr., Apt. B, aggravated burglary, dismissed ...
    June 18, 2013 - Springfield News-Sun
  • Coralville Man Tried Dragging Officers Down Stairs
    CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) - A Coralville man resisting arrest has been accused of trying to drag police officers down a flight of stairs. Coralville police say 45-year-old Donroy Merrival Jr. called 911 Sunday night without an emergency. He's accused of trying to fight responding officers.
    June 18, 2013 - KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids
  • Northwest suburban police blotter
    A Wood Dale man was arrested around 4:45 a. m. June 13 in Des Plaines and charged with battery and resisting arrest. According to police reports, the man repeatedly swore at the officers, verbally threatened them and chest-bumped and elbowed an officer. He struggled during the arrest and at the police department, reports added.
    June 18, 2013 - Daily Herald

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