Police: Woman attacks two officers

A woman described by police as a transient who attacked officers has been ordered to undergo an evaluation to see if she is competent enough to stand trial.
http://rutlandherald.com/article/20141018/NEWS02/710189951

Krista Wall, accused of kicking Springfield’s police chief, was already facing charges in Rutland and Bennington. Photo: Photo by ERIC FRANCISPublished October 18, 2014 in the Rutland Herald Police: Woman attacks two officer By ERIC FRANCIS CORRESPONDENT WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A woman described by police as a transient who attacked officers has been ordered to undergo an evaluation to see if she is competent enough to stand trial. Krista Wall, 33, a former resident of Bennington, pleaded innocent this week to six misdemeanor counts of simple assault on police officers, using bodily fluids to assault medical personnel, disorderly conduct and violating release conditions. She was released again on conditions from White River Junction criminal court, including an order that she not possess or consume alcohol. Springfield Police Chief Douglas Johnston and Lt. Mark Fountain went to an apartment on Park Street on Monday after a resident reported that Wall was “extremely intoxicated” and not welcome to stay. Fountain wrote in his report that they tookWall to the Springfield Hospital to detox; she initially refused to get out of the cruiser and then threw herself, screaming, onto the floor of the hospital’s registration room. Then the lieutenant said Wall intentionally spat in his face and “began kicking at me.” Fountain and Johnston handcuffed her and put her on a gurney with a “spit hood” over her head. She then kicked Johnston in the shoulder, knocking off his microphone and nameplate, the report said. After being cleared by the medical staff, Wall was taken to the Springfield jail. Fountain said he had to stop three times to unwrap the rear seat belt from around Wall’s neck. “Each time it was quickly removed, with her saying she wanted to die,” Fountain wrote. The final time Johnston shut the door with seat belt hanging out of the car so Wall couldn’t grab it, the report said. A half-dozen correctional officers helped to remove Wall from the cruiser. A female guard searched Wall’s clothing and found a 4-inch serrated paring knife in her bra, Fountain wrote. In addition to the new charges in Windsor County, Wall is awaiting trial in Bennington for disorderly conduct and domestic assault, and in Rutland County for simple assault by menace and two counts of violation release conditions. She is scheduled to undergo a psychiatric exam in Rutland this month to determine whether she is competent to stand trial.