A local man was arrested after allegedly causing a disturbance at a city park and later punching a police officer.
Columbus Police Department officers arrested Brett M. Hamm, 24, Columbus, on Tuesday evening on preliminary charges of:
- Battery on a law enforcement officer
- Furnishing alcohol to a minor-serious bodily injury
- Resisting law enforcement
- Disorderly conduct
- Public intoxication
He is being held in the jail in lieu of $7,500 bond, according to jail officials.
Shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday, CPD officers were dispatched to Ninth Street Park in regard to an unconscious person on a park bench. After officers arrived, they and paramedics rendered aid to an unconscious 20-year-old woman, said Lt. Matt Harris, public relations officer for CPD.
While at the park, officers spoke with Hamm, who appeared to be intoxicated. Officers determined that Hamm provided alcohol to the unconscious woman, Harris said.
After being handcuffed and secured in a patrol car, Hamm got his hands in front of his body. When officers attempted to handcuff Hamm a second time, he punched a CPD officer in the face, Harris said.
For more on this story, see Thursday’s Republic.
