(La Porte, IN) - Following a motor vehicle crash last night, an alleged drunk driver has been accused of physically assaulting a nurse and a jail officer in La Porte.

 

Angela Halcomb, 43, has been charged with multiple counts, including Battery Against a Public Safety Official and Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated.

 

According to the La Porte County Police, the Michigan City area woman crashed her vehicle in the area of Genesis Drive and Koomler Drive before flagging down a citizen, who gave her a ride to the Walgreens in the 500 block of East Lincolnway. Responding officers found her lying on the floor of the store.

 

Police said she became belligerent and combative when questioned about the accident and the odor of alcohol on her breath.

 

She was taken to Northwest Health for a blood draw, where she was restrained to a bed due to her at-times violent behavior exemplified by her kicking a nurse while having her blood pressure taken.

 

Her alleged blood alcohol level was .208 percent.

 

After being taken to the La Porte County Jail, Holcomb reportedly punched a jail deputy, causing the officer’s nose to bleed.