Woman charged with assaulting two troopers
FRANKLIN TWP — A woman is accused of assaulting two troopers Saturday at her home.
The troopers had gone there to investigate a report that the defendant, 36-year-old Adrienne M. Hurd, was intoxicated while tending to her two young children.
Neither officer was injured, police said.
District Judge Lewis Stoughton arraigned Hurd on two felony counts of aggravated assault and two misdemeanor counts each of simple assault, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest.
She also is charged with two summary counts of harassment.
Hurd was released on her own recognizance but placed on pretrial supervision.
Stoughton, as part of the supervision, ordered the defendant to refrain from alcohol and wear a Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor bracelet. The tamper-resistant device is typically worn on the ankle and is designed to detect alcohol consumption through the skin.
She also is required to be drug tested every Wednesday.
A pizza delivery driver called authorities, according to court documents, after he went to Hurd's home on Tracy Lane in Franklin Township and feared her two children — a 10-year-old boy and a 15-month-old girl — were in possible danger.
The driver believed the defendant was drunk, and he reported that she had left the infant outside while she went to look for money to pay him.
Additionally, police said, he reported that the infant was “eating cigarette butts” after being left alone.
Troopers Brian Knirnschild and Katelyn Statzer along with a paramedic and emergency medical technician arrived about 7:20 p.m. at the home as part of the welfare call.
After becoming angry, documents said, Hurd shoved Knirnschild and kicked Statzer. She allegedly struggled with the officers when they tried to arrest her.
Police said they also spoke to Hurd's family members who reported that they had gone to her house that day after her son had called them to say she was passed out on her bed.
The unspecified family members told police that they found the defendant passed out and called 911 to request an ambulance.
A preliminary hearing for Hurd, who could not be reached for comment, is set for Oct. 25 at the office of District Judge Bill O'Donnell in Slippery Rock.
