21-year-old Tessa Knapp was charged with possession of methamphetamines, resisting arrest, and public intoxication after an officer used an armbar to take her down. A man called LPD when she jumped in a truck with his 16-year-old son.
On September 30th, Lebanon Police Officer Corley responded to Hunter Creek Apartments located at 142 Hunter Creek to a report of a female getting into vehicles. The caller said the woman had jumped into the truck that his 16-year-old son was using in front of building H. When Officer Corley arrived, he made contact with a female that fit the description and identified her to be Tessa Knapp. Officer Corley observed Knapp speaking erratic, unsteady on her feet, and with pinpoint eyes.
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Officer Corley said he had to take Knapp down to the ground with an armbar. During this, Knapp was yelling, “I am resisting, I am resisting”. Upon a search of her purse, 1.5 grams of a crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine was discovered in her wallet. A search of Knapp’s person produced 1 additional gram of a crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine her pant pocket.
Tessa Knapp was arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine, public intoxication, and resisting arrest. She is jailed in lieu of a $3,000 bond.
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