Woman Arrested For Public Intoxication, Among Other Citations

BIRMINGHAM, AL - A Fultondale woman was arrested last week on charges of public intoxication, public lewdness and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. after Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a fight at a home on Tingle Cut-off Road. It was reported that a woman had come to the home and started a fight when the homeowner asked her to leave. 39-year-old The woman, Wendie Rachelle Lawson, ran out the back door of the home when deputies arrived, but she was intoxicated and fell down.

When Lawson was placed in the patrol car, she reportedly began banging her head against the bars in the back of the patrol unit. She was taken out of the car to be handcuffed. As deputies were attempting to handcuff her, she dropped her pants and urinated.

While on the way to the jail, Lawson bragged to the deputy that she had just intentionally urinated in the patrol car. She stated, “well, this car ain’t new no more”. Lawson posted $900 bond and was released once sober pending court proceedings.

Photo from Jefferson County Jail