Feb 2

Written by: jserigny
2/2/2009 5:41 PM

Woman Arrested After Blocking Ambulance

Larose (LSP) - Sheriff Webre reported that on January 31, 2003, officers responded to a 911 call of an elderly person having chest pains. Medics on the scene reported that a female at the location was refusing to allow the ambulance to leave with a patient who was having severe chest pains.

South Lafourche Ambulance were treating the patient, an elderly female, inside the ambulance, while another female outside the unit, continued to interfere with treatment. Medic staff told officers that they needed to get the patient to the hospital.

Officers witnessed the female stand in front of the ambulance which had its lights and siren engaged, refusing to allow it to leave for the hospital.

Officers then arrested a Kathryn Smith, 45, of 135 West 20th Street in Galliano. Officers later learned that the patient in the ambulance was Kathryn’s mother.

At arrest, Kathryn resisted the officers as she was being removed from the path of the emergency unit. Officers received several strikes from the female. Kathryn continued issuing verbal threats to the officers stating that she would have them fired from their jobs for arresting her.

Smith was charged with the following:

Interfering with Medical Treatment
Disturbing the Peace
Obstructing Passage
Resisting Violently
Battery on an Officer 2 Counts
Misuse of 911
Public Intimidation of an Officer

Judge Barbara set Smith’s bond at $3500.00 and issued a stay away order regarding her mother.

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