Woman pleads innocent to officer assault


November 7, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

Woman pleads innocent to officer assault

STAFF REPORT

WARREN — Flora Myers, 51, of Porter Street Northeast pleaded innocent to charges of felonious assault, resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia after a Warren police officer said she bit his hand and struck him with a wine bottle Wednesday night.

Myers is in Trumbull County Jail with bond set at $35,000 on the single felony and two misdemeanor charges. She entered her pleas in municipal court.

Sgt. Jeff Hoolihan of the Warren Police Department was called to Myers’ house by relatives concerned for the safety of Myers’ 85-year-old mother.

Police said a suspected crack pipe was found in her hoodie when she was searched at the jail.