The officer is a courtesy officer who resides at the complex. This officer is frequently relied upon to assist the complex with routine security matters. Contact was made due to ongoing issues with trespassing, burglaries, and other criminal issues at the facility.
During the incident the off-duty officer requested back up from on duty officers. Multiple individuals refused orders to stay while the officer attempted to complete the investigation to determine if the group was trespassing. During the incident the officer had two suspects resist arrest at different times. One of the suspects fled the scene on foot. The officer was also assaulted during the incident causing minor injuries. The officer was taken to an area hospital for treatment and later released. Lindsey Ogbonna, 19, years of age from Nacogdoches, TX was arrested during the investigation and charged with Resisting Arrest. The criminal investigation into the assault on the officer is ongoing and further charges may come at a later time.
“Transparency is of utmost importance to the Nacogdoches Police Department,” Sgt Brett Ayres, Public Information Officer with the Nacogdoches Police Department said. “Several concerns have been expressed by the community members affected and we are committed to continuing conversations with all involved.”
The Nacogdoches Police Department has also released the dash cam video from the officers vehicle to further the goal of transparency.
Many concerns here. Who stops when a stranger tells them too? This could have been a serial killer, rapist or a priest. The officer?? was he in uniform or not.
Adrenaline kicks in because you have no idea who’s attacking you. I’m appalled that someone would think that she behaved irrationally. That guy made presumptuous decisions that night. Did he see them breaking and entering, or were they residents? I think he just wanted a closer look at a bunch of young girls wearing swimwear. He probably watches a lot of women without their awareness… sick
All she had to do was stop when told to by the policeman. The others did. This could have been avoided. The girl brought this problem on herself.
They weren’t breaking and entering. He essentially enforced a civil matter by arresting without probable cause and did so in a violent and confusing manner. Failed to identify himself as a cop, and should have called police who would have told him that the women were not trespassing because they guests of a tenant. He can’t kick people out just because it’s too many guests, the landlord has to issue a lease violation to the tenant and evict. They were not trespassing criminally and he did not have a right to arrest them. He used an excuse to attack them and went straight for the attack. The women can defend themselves against a violent attack by a man abusing his authority. I hope he learned his lesson.
Lindsay is barely 5′ & 100 pounds so the amount of force used on her was ridiculous. When did loitering or trespassing start equaling this amount of aggression from a plain clothed off-duty police officer? Rushing into a crowd of people like this without waiting for backup? Who trained this officer? A police choke hold? Really because I thought this stopped in the 90s