On Saturday March 12, 2016, Manchester Police received information that a female was causing a disturbance at the I-24 Truck Plaza. According to a warrant, as Officer Jordan Watson was attempting to find out what was going on the female refused to cooperate. The warrant says that LaSonya Talonda Ward age 25 Honor Park Dr, Memphis began walking away and refusing to stop and attempted to evade arrest by running across the Hillsboro Highway, narrowly being missed by a passing truck and forcing Watson to have to pull her back. In the report Watson said Ward appeared to be under the influence and she had the extreme odor of an intoxicant about her person, her speech was slurred and she was unsteady on her feet. The warrant goes on to say that a friend of Ward advised she had been drinking vodka for most of the night.
When Ward being booked in to the jail the arrest warrant indicates that a small package of methamphetamine was found in her billfold.
Ward was charged with Public Intoxication, Resisting stop, halt, frisk, arrest or search (non-violent) and contraband in a penal institution. Her bond was set at $8,500 and she has a court date of March 22, 2016.
