A Derry Township woman who allegedly poked a Latrobe police officer in the eye after she refused a blood draw for her DUI arrest is charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and multiple traffic offenses.
Amber R. Hill, 35, was taken into custody at the Sheetz store on Ligonier Street in Latrobe after police allege she fled a traffic stop at 2:30 a.m. Sunday for driving erratically along Raymond Avenue.
Police said after Hill fled the scene in her 2003 GMC Envoy, she drove into the parking lot of the convenience where police were speaking to a manager about a fight there. She began cursing “and interrupting police as they were attempting to interview witnesses.”
The manager told patrolman Matthew Reeves that Hill had been asked to leave the store earlier because of her behavior.
When Hill was attempting to walk into the store, police said she fell and suffered a laceration to her head. After being treated at the hospital and refusing the blood draw, police allege Hill became combative and “poked officer Michelle Preston in the left eye, causing pain and a scratch.”
Hill was arraigned and released on $20,000 unsecured bond pending a hearing.
