A woman is in jail after attacking a member of the Pocahontas County Sheriff’s Department.
According to the criminal complaint, on April 18, officers served an emergency protective order on Kimshea Maria Rose Galford, 39, of Dunmore. While she was being served the order, Galford told officers that she had nowhere to go and asked if she could go to a family member’s house to see if they would take care of her dogs.
The officers stated that she could, and as they were waiting for her to return, they received a 911 call from a family member stating that Galford was there and threatening to commit suicide.
A short time later, Galford arrived back at the house and ran inside to get her pit bulls, the complaint states.
As officers were attempting to get her to leave the house, she continued to stand behind her dogs, refusing to comply with police orders.
When one officer was able to grab her arm, she allegedly “threw something at [the officer] and started swinging punches, then put her head down and got close enough to get a hold of [the officer’s] pants and crotch,” the complaint continues.
The officer then deployed a taser, hitting Galford on her head and again on her side. Another officer on the scene deployed a taser, as well, striking her twice. At this point, officers were able to place her in cuffs.
EMS arrived on scene and removed the taser probes. Galford was taken to Pocahontas Memorial Hospital and later transported to Tygart Valley Regional Jail to await arraignment.
Galford is charged with one misdemeanor count of violating a protective order, one misdemeanor count of battery on a police officer and one misdemeanor count of obstructing an officer.
The dogs were taken to a local animal shelter.
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