Brownwood Police arrested a woman for Driving While Intoxicated after she was found to be driving erratically in the area of East Elementary around 9:00pm Monday night.
A Brownwood Police officer was flagged down regarding a possible accident and went to the 1000 block of Idlewild where he saw a tan minivan in the middle of the roadway doing donuts while in reverse, the police report states. After observing about 4 donuts, the officer states in the report that he was able to see that the driver was female and that she was looking right at him while her van was in motion, narrowly missing his patrol car. The van then came to a stop for a short time, then began driving forward, turned on Vincent Street behind the school knocking down a school speed limit sign, and continued bouncing from curb to curb, the report states. The officer further described in the report that the driver continued through the park area in front of the school, hitting and knocking down one tree and barely missing other trees, utility poles, and finally came to rest between two cinderblock buildings at the baseball field at the corner of Roanoke and Austin Avenue.
According to the officer’s report, he repeatedly told the woman to exit the vehicle, and eventually pulled her out of the vehicle and took her into custody. While speaking to the driver, identified as 46-year-old Angela Sue Harwell, the officer found that it was “apparent she was incoherent and was not aware of what had just occurred.” The officer asked why she had driven the way she did; however the report states that she was “confused and was unaware of her surroundings or anything else which had just occurred.”
Due to the woman’s condition, the officer called Guardian EMS to check Harwell. According to the report, EMS evaluation suggested Harwell might be under the influence of an unknown narcotic. Based on this information, the officer determined that Harwell did not evade arrest and was unaware that she had driven off from police due to being under the influence of some unknown drug, according to the officer’s report.
According to police, Harwell had six prescription bottles in her purse which were taken as evidence. Two of the bottles were empty; the others contained numerous pills.
Harwell submitted to a blood specimen and after assessment by the hospital staff, she was transported to the Brown County Jail.
Harwell later told BrownwoodNews.com that the incident was likely tied to a medical condition.
In unrelated reports released Tuesday, November 29, 2011:
Wednesday, November 23
*11:00pm-Brownwood Police were dispatched to Wal-Mart regarding a theft that had occurred. Management will be pursuing charges in the case according to the report.
Thursday, November 24
*10:46pm-A Brownwood Police officer was working a security detail at Wal-Mart when he was approached by a woman who stated she thought her debit card had been stolen. According to the report, the card had been in the woman’s back pocket and she thought someone may have pick-pocketed it while she was shopping. Since she had been in the store for nearly two hours, she was unsure of where the incident may have occurred, the report states. An investigation was started; however due to the large amount of people inside the store, there was no one available to work the camera system to try to determine where the theft may have occurred or identify any suspect.
Monday, November 28
*8:20am-Brownwood Police spoke with a complainant in the 300 block of W. Commerce regarding the burglary of a vehicle. According to the report, the complainant stated that her purse was stolen out of her vehicle while it was parked outside of her residence in the 700 block of Cordell.
*9:20am-Brownwood Police were called to the 1900 block of Avenue E regarding child neglect. According to the report, a complainant stated that a 3-year-old child came to his residence crying and asking for his mother. The complainant stated that he knew the child and attempted to contact the child’s mother; however was unable to reach her. Later the child’s mother returned to the residence and the child was returned to her.
*11:33pm-Brownwood Police were dispatched to the 2400 block of S Hwy 377 regarding the burglary of a building. According to the report, the complainant advised that two storage units had been broken into and a generator and jack were taken from one of the units. No suspects could be determined at the time of the report.
*12:25pm-Brownwood Police met with a complainant regarding a burglary which had occurred on November 17th at a residence in the 2600 block of Temple. No suspects could be determined at the time of the report.
*6:29pm-Brownwood Police were notified of a stalled vehicle in the 1300 block of Cordell which was blocking traffic. According to the report, two subjects on scene were identified and stated that the truck was out of gas. The two subjects identified the driver and said that he had left on foot to get help, the report states. The keys to the truck had been taken and open containers of beer were located inside the truck, according to the report. The two subjects were issued open container citations and released from the scene. The truck was impounded.
All arrestees are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
