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Kicking A Police Officer Sends A Woman To Jail

By Lauren Williams

06/26/2017

51-year-old Cynthia Cook

(KAIR)--An Atchison woman goes to jail after allegedly kicking an Atchison Police officer while he was attempting to place her under arrest.

“Shortly before noon on Sunday, we investigated a rock being thrown at a moving vehicle driven by a 67-year-old victim in the 700 block of North Sixth,” said Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson. “We located the 51-year-old suspect in the 800 block of Parallel. When the officers were taken that suspect into custody, she kicked an officer in the chest. Now, she not only faces criminal damage to property in relation to the moving vehicle, but also battery on law enforcement.”

He said it was Cynthia Cook is who's also charged with obstructing legal process along with battery on a law enforcement officer and criminal damage to property.

Wilson added she was taken into custody in connection with an Atchison County District Court warrant for domestic battery, criminal damage to property and theft.

“That involved a mid-September disturbance that occurred in the 800 block of Parallel,” Wilson said.

Cook was booked into the Atchison County Jail held on a $2,500 bond.

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