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Last updated on Monday, January 15, 2018
(WASHINGTON) - A Washington woman is accused of striking a Jasper Police Officer after she was accused of shoplifting.
Saturday morning, 34-year-old Mistee Starr Hayes was detained by Walmart security for taking some clothing and reading glasses valued at $88.
When Jasper Police arrived to arrest her, Hayes struck the officer while attempting to resist arrest.
Hayes is facing preliminary charges of theft, resisting law enforcement, and battery. She was also arrested on a Dubois County warrant for contempt of court. She is being held on $5,500 bond in the Dubois County Security Center.
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