(La Porte, IN) - Charges have been filed in connection with police officers in La Porte injured during a scuffle with a middle finger using bicyclist.

 

Danielle Faulkenburg, 35, is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with multiple counts including resisting law enforcement.

 

According to La Porte Police, the woman on August 21 was riding a bicycle on Greenway St. when she began yelling profanities and flipped off an officer behind her in his patrol vehicle.

She was then pulled over for disregarding a stop sign.

 

Police said Faulkenburg started to argue with the officer and began to resist when informed she was going to be arrested. 

 

With help from two additional officers, police said the woman was taken to the ground and continued to resist until placed in handcuffs.

 

Two officers suffered minor injuries to the hand and elbow while taking her into custody, police said.