McDonald woman accused of pricking chief with needle
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A McDonald woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon after she allegedly pricked the police chief with a hypodermic needle.
Kayla Lynn Kriest, 26, of 206 E. Barr St., is accused of sticking Chief Mark Dorsey as he took her into custody at Heritage Park on a drug paraphernalia charge.
Dorsey was on patrol near the park when he was told by a witness that a man was reaching into one of the pavilion’s rafters.
Dorsey approached Kriest, who was sitting on a park bench grasping a yellow, plastic shopping bag. When he asked her what was going on, she told him her boyfriend was unplugging his cellphone from an outlet.
Dorsey saw Kriest trying to conceal a metal spoon with the bag. Kriest was ordered to show her hands, but failed to comply. When Dorsey tried to remove the spoon and other items from Kriest, she resisted and pulled away. During the struggle, an exposed syringe penetrated the chief’s left thumb.
Confiscated from Kriest were 10 empty stamp bags of heroin along with a spoon containing suspected heroin and three needles.
Dorsey was treated at St. Clair Memorial Hospital and released.
Kriest was arraigned before District Judge Curtis Thompson on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia. She was placed in the Washington County jail on $20,000 bond.