Woman charged after threatening and spitting on cops

Staff report

STRUTHERS

A woman will be arraigned today in Struthers Municipal Court after police said she spat on them and made threats during a call for mental-health assistance.

Jykeera Jones, 19, of Akron faces charges of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, and harassment by way of forcing an officer to come into contact with bodily substances, a felony.

Police responded Friday to home on East Midlothian Boulevard for an apparent suicide attempt by Jones. According to a police report, Jones tried to run away when police arrived, and she used profanity and epithets against the police officers and EMTs.

Officers reported they tried to restrain her by strapping her down onto a cot, when she spat at two police officers. She was then transported to a hospital.

She was arrested on a warrant Wednesday after police said they saw her walking in the area of East Midlothian.