A former producer at WUFT-TV was arrested and charged with battery on a police officer and resisting without violence Wednesday morning.
According to a police report, Lisa Stengel, 22, was drunk when she started cursing at paramedics and Gainesville Police officer James Lake at 12:55 a.m. outside the 101 Downtown bar. Lake and the paramedics were trying to help Stengel's friend, whose leg was cut. She is a broadcast journalism major at UF, according to her Facebook page.
Stengel yelled louder and louder, and eventually Lake tried to calm her down. Stengel, who is 5 feet tall, 100 pounds, shoved the officer, according to the report.
At Lake's patrol car, Stengel resisted as he tried to put her inside. Once she finally sat in the back seat, she refused to swing her legs in.
Eventually, Lake strapped her in a rip hobble to keep her from squirming.
A rip hobble is a strap that locks a person's legs together at the ankle. It is used on someone who is kicking other people.
Stengel did not return a call requesting comment.
