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23-year-old Lauren Maten was booked on March 15th after refusing to pay her bill at the 400 Degrees restaurant at Nashville International Airport. Officers located Maten on camera and made contact with her. Maten had alcohol emitting from her breath as she told officers that she had paid her bill. Maten advised that she was at the airport so she could go to rehab. While officers ran the information from her driver’s license, she began acting belligerent, yelling and trying to grab her driver’s license back. Maten was too drunk to comprehend what was happening and ignored the officer’s warnings to stop. She was then placed under arrest and advised officers that being arrested for public intoxication was “not a thing” in Indiana.
Maten continued to yell and began to passively resist by refusing to walk and becoming deadweight. Maten was then placed into a wheelchair to be safely transported to the patrol vehicle. While officers pushed the wheelchair, Maten kept putting her feet on the ground and trying to run away from the officers. Maten did this until she was taken to the ground and carried into the elevator. While officers attempted to place Maten in the backseat of the patrol vehicle, she began kicking them and refused to get in. The officers had to restrain her feet to stop her from kicking so she could be safely transported to booking. Maten was taken into custody for public intoxication and resisting arrest.
Lauren Paige Maten of Dorchester in New Hudson, MI, was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on March 15th, charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest. A judicial commissioner set her bond at $1,100, and the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office gave her pre-trial release from their facility.
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