Police: Woman Arrested for Assault After Spitting Blood On Officer, Nurse

BELLEVUE, Ohio – A 27-year-old woman is facing assault charges
following an arrest in which police say she spit blood on both an
officer and a nurse.

The altercation took place early Thursday morning according to an incident report obtained by Fox 8 News.

Tiffany Pocock, of Bellevue, was taken into custody around 1:45 a.m.
after officers were dispatched to a domestic dispute on Southwest
Street. When officers arrived they found a male victim with a mark on
his left eye. The man said he had been struck by Pocock.

Officers also discovered, according to the report, a minivan with its
driver’s side door ajar. In the center console of the vehicle sat a
bottle of whiskey, which appeared to the reporting officer to be a third
of the way empty.

After a very brief search of the area officers found Pocock, who
appeared intoxicated. She was placed her under arrest of OVI, according
to the report, and that’s when she began fighting and attempting to
injure herself.

As she was being walked to a patrol car she lunged forward, striking
her head on the vehicle. According to the report, she struck her head
repeatedly against the door.

After being placed in the back of the vehicle, Pocock began striking
her head and face into the glass divider. According to the report,
Pocock began screaming about missing an appointment the following day as
she continued to slam her head into the glass. Officers provided
statements that Pocock slammed her head into the glass until she began
bleeding badly.

Officers drove Pocock to Bellevue Hospital to received medical
treatment for her injures, and while escorting her to the emergency
room, she began spitting blood on an officer and nurse.

Pocock was later transported to the Sandusky County Jail and
arraigned later in the day on charges of OVI, driving under suspension
and two counts of assault.