Woman allegedly broke into area home
A Donora woman was arrested by Monongahela police after she allegedly was caught trying to break into a New Eagle home early Sunday and then refused to tell officers her name when she was taken into custody.
Ashley Lomax, 27, was arraigned as a Jane Doe before District Judge Gary Havelka after refusing to give her name to the police or the judge during her arraignment.
Police received a call about 3:30 a.m. from 1608 Main St. in New Eagle. The resident said a woman was breaking into his house but was stuck in the door. When an officer arrived, he saw a woman wearing a black tank top trying to get through the window of the door. Her leg was caught, but she was able to pull it into the house.
Pieces of the door and window frame were on the ground outside the residence. Police said they could hear a man and woman screaming inside the house, so an officer reached inside to unlock the door. The resident, Josh Wardlaw, pointed to a woman in the living room who was chasing another man, identified as Trey Holmes. She then ran toward the back of the house and locked herself in a bedroom. Police said they forced open the door and saw her swinging her fists at two women in the room.
Lomax reportedly advanced toward an officer and tried to grab the Taser he had removed from his holster. Two officers took her to the floor. They said Lomax struggled with them and spit in the face of one of the women in the room.
Wardlaw told police he did not know the woman but said a friend had met her at a bar last week. The friend had taken her to Wardlaw’s home after that meeting, but she had not been back.
When an officer asked the suspect for her name, she allegedly told him to figure it out for himself. She continued to refuse to provide her name at the station and threatened to harm officers, police said.
Authorities eventually were able to determine her true identity.
Lomax is charged with burglary, criminal trespass, terroristic threats, resisting arrest, obstructing the administration of law, criminal mischief, false identification to police, disorderly conduct, harassment and public drunkenness. She was placed in Washington County Jail on $25,000 bond set by Havelka. She is scheduled for a Nov. 12 preliminary hearing before District Judge Mark Wilson.