Woman who tried robbing man at ATM bites, fights with security officers
CLEVELAND, Ohio March 21 2019 – A Columbus woman bit an off-duty police officer who tried to arrest her for attacking a man in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, police reports say.
Lindsey R. Adams, 32, is charged with assault in the Friday incident outside a KeyBank on West 25th Street near Carnegie Avenue, according to court records.
Adams punched a 49-year-old man she tried to rob at an ATM, then bit an off-duty Wakeman police officer’s left hand, police reports say. The 24-year-old police officer was in Cleveland to work a part-time security job, but police reports do not specify where he was working.
The 49-year-old told investigators he was using an outdoor ATM just after 3:30 p.m. when a woman came up behind him and said “that’s my money.” She then tried to grab his debit card from the ATM.
The man also reached for the debit card, and the woman punched him in the face, police reports say.
Two security officers working nearby, including the off-duty Wakeman officer, heard someone yelling for help. They found the man, who informed them that the woman had assaulted him.
The security officers found Adams and tried to detain her. She was combative and refused to put her hands behind her back so they could handcuff her, police reports say.
Adams then bit the Wakeman officer’s left hand as he tried to handcuff her, police reports say. She was eventually handcuffed and taken into custody.
The Wakeman officer suffered minor injuries. The bite did not puncture his skin, police reports say.
Adams waived her right to a preliminary hearing during her arraignment Monday in Cleveland Municipal Court. Her case has been bound over to a Cuyahoga County grand jury.
She remains in custody at the Cuyahoga County Jail on $25,000 bond, court records say.
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