Nurse faces felony charges after 'driving half a mile to lighted parking lot before stopping for cop who pulled her over on dark rural road'
- DelRea Good of Portage, Indiana was charged with resisting arrest after she drove to a 'safe and well-lit area' before pulling over
- Porter County Sheriff's Department Patrolman William Marshall arrested Good because she was 'uncooperative'
- Marshall allegedly also accused her of having a controlled substance that turned out to be Advil
A nurse, 52, who was driving by herself on a dark country road faces felony charges after she didn't immediately pull over for a cop because she didn't think it was a safe place to stop.
DelRea Good of Portage, Indiana says that on March 23 she was charged with resisting arrest because she hit the brakes for Porter County Sheriff's Department Patrolman William Marshall about a half a mile down the road from where he asked her to halt her vehicle.
Good was speeding and was driving at 54 mph in a 35 mph zone at 11:21 p.m.
Charged with resisting arrest: Portage resident DelRea Good said she did not immediately pull over for the flashing lights behind her because, as a 52-year-old woman traveling alone at night on a dark county road
'I felt I didn't do anything wrong,' Good told NWI.com.
'I got to a safe place and I told him that.'
Good says that when she was ordered to pull over, she put on her emergency flashers, and waved her hand out the window to let the cop know that she was aware of his presence and that she planned to stop.
She finally turned off the gas at a well-lit Kohls parking lot.
Good said Marshall was enraged with her when she pulled over and said, 'What in the hell are you doing? I could arrest you for this.'
Good has no previous criminal record and says that if she is convicted of a felony then she will lose her job.
Marshall claims that Good was 'highly agitated and uncooperative' and said she told him, 'I don't care who you are I don't have to stop on a county road, I'm a single female.'
No criminal history: DelRea Good is a nurse with no criminal history and says that is she is convicted that her job will be in jeopardy
Marshall arrested Good after she 'failed to listen to how speeding endangers other drivers.'
'I follow rules every day or people could get hurt,' Good said in reference to her nursing career.
'This could be your mom, your sister, your daughter next time.'
Good even accuses the cop of bullying her on the way to the station and says he accused her of having a controlled substance, which turned out be be Advil.
Good's attorney Bob Harper has argued that his client's concerns are absolutely warranted.
Harper brought up a 1991 case in which a woman pulled over for a man pretending to be a cop who later attacked her.
New motto: Good has decided to promote female safety by painting this on the back of her car and by assigning herself the hashtag #femalesafetymatters
Rough arrest: Good posted this photo on her Facebook showing the alleged bruises she got during the arrest
Harper then said that two years prior, Portage police issued a warning say that a man impersonating a police officer by flashing red and blue lights tried to get a woman to pull over.
Portage Police Sgt. Keith Hughes said that the woman who refused to stop a few years ago exercised good judgement.
He recommended that drivers call 911 if they expect someone is impersonating a cop and said if they are unable to get through to anyone they should wave to the officer them stop at a well lit area.
Porter County Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Larry LaFlower said after the current incident that 'The sheriff's office supports our officer's decision in this matter.'
Good has been posting to her Facebook following the incident and decided to assign herself the hashtag #femalesafetymatters.
She wrote that her lawyer is representing her free of charge because 'he feels this is a travesty of justice.'
Good also posted a picture of bruises on her arm from the arrest and claimed that the officer was too rough with her.
Speaking out: Good said her lawyer decided to represent her free of charge because he feels her arrest was a 'travesty of justice'
3 comments:
Lady,
If there is a criminal case against you, especially a Felony, the LAST thing you do is discuss what the attorney representing you told you, to the entire world including the people who want to put you away for a looooooooooong time.
Anything you say can and WILL be used against you doesn't stop after arrest and after posting bond, it stays until you are exonorated, the case is discharged or dismissed or judgement rendered.
Also, since her record is clean, it makes sense they went after her. a new social security number to add to their collection to access the ahem, account, that no one talks about them accessing.
Opinion.........
Courts are not a place for judicial remedy, it's a place for revenue and extortion, and as long as people sign their documents and bond out, they are attached to the system until it decides how much of their soul to capture and for how long.
As far as her job, she signed a contract for the job, then she signed another contract for the bond, binding herself to the court until the case is settled.
The court contract supersedes her work contract.
She gave up her work contract when she agreed to appear in court whenever they tell her to.
Her work had her appear whenever she was supposed to and now she has a new agreement to go to court whenever they tell her to.
I don't know legal things, but people need to learn to stop signing documents and accepting things and start speaking broken english, 'I don't consent, I don't consent', like someone would be saying "no comprende" "no comprende"
If you don't object, it's assumed you accept.
If you don't express you don't consent, it's presumed you agree.
If you don't complain to authorities by filing a formal complaint, it's presumed you agree you did something wrong and that the two of you only disagree to what extend the wrong doing took place.
She hasn't filed a complaint with anyone right? Not the police chief, not the eff bee eye, not the dept of just us, no one. It's just between them and her and strangers on the internet.
All she needs to do is ask for form 6 when at arraignment. As per Miranda v. Arizona the cop must complete form 6 which most don't. That is verification that her rights were read to her. Without that, all said and done after the arrest is fruit of the poison tree. Case gets thrown out. Then she can sue for illegal imprisonment.
IF A COP TOUCHES ME LIKE HE DID TO THIS NURSE HE WOULD BE ON THE GROUND IN ABOUT 5 SECONDS.... BIG TOUGH BASTARDS HURTING WOMEN ARE SHIT IN MY BOOK AND A COP THIS ROTTEN NEEDS TO HAVE A TROUNCING....
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