Amy Seybert

DONEGAL TWP — A suspected drugged driver is accused of stopping her car in the middle of Route 68, fighting with a man who tried to help her, kicking at troopers and attempting to grab one of the officer's Taser.

Amy R. Seybert, 42, is facing a list of charges, including three felonies, in the altercation Monday afternoon in the township.

Police said they were called shortly before 2 p.m. for a report of a sport utility vehicle parked on Route 68 and a woman believed to be impaired and fighting with people who stopped to help her.

Trooper David Wellington got there and found Seybert lying on the ground with a 55-year-old man on top of her, according to charging documents.

The man, a retired trooper who happened upon the scene, told police that he saw the woman and “could see something wasn't right,” Wellington said in his affidavit. He stopped “to see if (the defendant) was OK.”

He also called police.

Seybert allegedly struck the retired trooper, who took her to the ground and waited for police to arrive.

During the tussle, police said, the woman also threw a vape pen at the man and admitted to smoking THC oil.

Wellington squatted down beside the man and tried to assist him with the woman while waiting for an ambulance crew.

“Seybert then reached back and grabbed onto my (T)aser,” Wellington said.

The trooper broke the woman's grip and placed her in handcuffs. But she continued to struggle and kicked the officer, documents said.

The defendant continued to act up after being placed in the back of a cruiser, allegedly kicking and screaming obscenities. She also is accused of trying to kick out a side window.

Trooper Francis Walters eventually arrived and when he and Wellington tried to restrain the defendant in the police car, documents said, she kicked at Walters.

No injures were reported in the incident.

On the drive to the barracks in Butler Township, police said, Seybert again admitted to smoking THC oil while driving and “being addicted to opiates and heroin.”

At the barracks, she refused to submit to a blood test and asked for an attorney.

District Judge Wayne Seibel arraigned Seybert around 9:40 p.m. on two felony counts of aggravated assault and a felony count of attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer.

She also was arraigned on misdemeanor charges of simple assault, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, and driving under the influence of a controlled substance.

Additionally, she is charged with two counts of disorderly conduct, harassment, disregarding traffic lanes and driving a vehicle without inspection, all summaries.

She was placed in the Butler County Prison following arraignment on $6,000 unsecured bail with the condition that she be released to probation authorities and placed on pretrial supervision. She is also required to be drug tested twice a week.

Online court records did not list an attorney for her.