PLYMOUTH – Plymouth Police officers investigated two separate incidents of battery on law enforcement and resisting over the weekend, resulting in the arrests of two individuals on multiple charges.
On Sunday, November 8, at 12:14 p.m., the Marshall County Central Dispatch Center dispatched Plymouth units to the area of East Harrison and Michigan Streets in response to reports of a male yelling at a female and behaving aggressively. Officer Derifield located the female crying on the porch of a residence at 900 North Michigan Street, with the male inside the home.
The male, identified as Case Kanney, 25, of Kokomo, told the officer he had been drinking and awake for a couple of days before getting into an argument with the female. Kanney became confrontational with Officer Derifield, got in his face, pushed him in the chest, and began fighting officers while being handcuffed. Kanney then spit on the officers.
He was transported to the Marshall County Jail and booked on charges of resisting law enforcement, domestic battery, simple assault, battery against a public safety official with injury, disorderly conduct, and communication intimidation. He was held on a $1,500 cash bond.
Later that night, on Monday, November 9, at 12:43 a.m., Plymouth police units were dispatched to the AT&T store at 1440 Pilgrim Lane for a reported physical domestic. Arriving officers located a male and female lying on the sidewalk.
During the investigation, the female, identified as Kimberly Findley, 34, of Port Orange, Florida, was found to be highly intoxicated. She became argumentative with officers and began yelling obscenities at both the officers and the male subject. Findley was given several commands and opportunities to calm down. She submitted to a portable breath test, which showed a BAC of .182% on a poor sample.
As officers began to place her in handcuffs, Findley physically resisted and kicked an officer while being placed in the patrol vehicle. She was transported to the St. Joseph Hospital ER for jail clearance and then to the Marshall County Jail, where she was lodged on charges of battery against a public safety official, resisting law enforcement, and public intoxication. She was held on a $7,500 cash bond.
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