Woman Charged With DUI In Crash That Injured Alpharetta Cop

ALPHARETTA, GA -- An officer with the Alpharetta Police Department was injured early Thursday when he was rear-ended by a passing motorist along GA-400. Agency spokesperson Jason Muenzer said Officer Jomo Bent was in a fully-marked patrol vehicle around 4:30 a.m. Sept. 28 on the northbound side at Mansell Road when the accident took place.

The patrol car, he added, had all of its emergency lights activated, "providing traffic and safety control for a construction crew" when it was hit from behind by another vehicle.

Bent and the driver of the other vehicle, identified as Ceijai Broughton, were both transported to a nearby hospital for treatment (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app).

The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety said Bent has since been released from the hospital.

"He is a little sore and on his way home to be with his family," the agency added Thursday morning on its Facebook page. "We're expecting him to be OK. Thank you to everyone in our community for your thoughts, prayers, and messages."

Broughton was charged with driving under the influence, following too closely and violating Georgia's Move Over Law.

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