A Nashville man has been charged with two felonies and misdemeanors after police say he resisted police, injured a jailer and damaged police equipment after a disturbance on Redbud Lane.
Police were dispatched to the 100 block at around 9 p.m. April 13. A woman reported that she had barricaded herself in the bedroom and that Christopher T. Alsup, 49, was intoxicated and breaking things in the home, said a report by Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Colton Magner.
Magner wrote that he immediately noticed Alsup was “highly intoxicated.” He was holding a set of keys and said that he was going to warm up his truck, but it was 75 degrees outside. Alsup was not able to stand without swaying or losing his balance. Magner also noted he had blood on his hands and shirt.
After Magner told Alsup he could not drive drunk, Alsup invited him inside. He told Magner he hadn’t broken anything and that the woman was in bed.
Magner reported seeing broken glass and picture frames. A table was flipped upside down and two empty liquor bottles were in the living area, and food and food containers were spilled on the kitchen floor, he wrote.
Alsup denied treatment by EMS for his bloody hands.
Magner found that Alsup had a warrant out of Jefferson County, and he was placed under arrest for the warrant and disorderly conduct.
Magner was assisted by Indiana State Police Trooper Matt Hatchett, Deputy Austin Schonfeld and Sgt. Scott Bowling.
As Magner and Bowling assisted Alsup out of the house, he began to pull away when they got to the door. Bowling and Magner had to force Alsup toward the vehicle. Alsup then refused to sit in the police car. He stiffened his body and held his leg against the bottom of the door so that the officers were unable to close the door after getting him in the back seat, the report said.
Hatchett, Magner, Bowling and Schonfeld were eventually able to get Alsup in a seat belt and close the door, the affidavit said.
When Magner opened a door, Alsup began screaming repeatedly. Bowling rode in Magner’s vehicle during the transport. While en route to the jail, Alsup told Magner he was a sniper and was going to find them and “take care of” Magner’s family for what he did to Alsup, according to the affidavit. Alsup made similar threats against Bowling, too, the report said.
After pulling into the parking lot, Magner reported that Alsup’s mood changed completely. He said Magner was doing a good job and that he loved the police.
A breath test administered at the jail showed his blood-alcohol content to be 0.18. He was booked into a padded cell. While Magner was working on book-in paperwork, jail staff reported that Alsup was tying his pants as if in a way to harm himself, the affidavit states.
A jailer, Bowling and Magner told Alsup to give them his pants, but he refused and began clenching his fists. Bowling and the jailer attempted to control Alsup so he could not harm himself or anyone else, the report said.
Alsup ripped Bowling’s shoulder mic from his uniform. He also broke the jailer’s radio from his belt and the radio antenna, and scratched the back of the jailer’s hand, leaving a “defined nail-shaped mark,” according to the affidavit.
Bowling attempted to use a taser on Alsup, but the taser malfunctioned.
Magner was able to get Alsup’s jeans from him, but Alsup continued to resist. Magner then stunned Alsup in his back using his taser. He continued to act disorderly following the stun, but began to obey commands, according to the affidavit.
He was eventually secured into a restraint chair and placed back in the cell.
Alsup was charged April 16 with resisting law enforcement, a Level 6 felony; intimidation, a Level 6 felony; and two counts of disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor.
