Some people can't seem to help but make a bad situation worse when they have a run-in with the police. Whether law enforcement attempts to pull you overin a traffic stop, whether police are called to the scene of a disturbance, or whether investigators show up to question you, there are several thingsyou just shouldn't do: resisting arrest, attempting to elude, assaulting an officer, and talking to police without your lawyer are just a few.
One Oklahoma City woman allegedly made things much more difficult for herself this week after a neighbor called police about a disturbance the woman wascausing.
According to reports, Jessica Kemp, 29, was pounding on the windows and doors of a vacant home in northwest Oklahoma City late Monday morning. A neighborwho was disturbed by the noise and the strange actions says she asked Kemp to stop the banging, but Kemp allegedly replied, "I don't have to. I'm the police." Theneighbor then called the actual police to the scene.
They say when they arrived, Kemp claimed to be both an Oklahoma City police officer and an FBI agent. The responding police, however, knew this to be untrueand asked Kemp if she was under the influence of drugs. They say at that point, the woman became belligerent, even threatening to arrest the policeherself. What started out as a simple disturbing the peace or public intoxication arrest ended in multiple charges for the woman.
Kemp allegedly began yelling obscenities and intentionally pulled down her shirt to flash her breast at the neighbor and her children who were standingnearby. Kemp was arrested on complaints of not only public intoxication and disorderly conduct, but also impersonating an officer (albeit badly) andindecent exposure.
According to Oklahoma County Jail records, Kemp is currently held in lieu of $8,000 bond on complaints of false personation of a police officer and indecentexposure.
Public intoxication and disorderly conduct are typically misdemeanors, but the other charges against the woman are much more serious. Impersonating a lawofficer may be prosecuted as either a misdemeanor or a felony. When the false personation occurs in connection with a sham legal process or in an attemptto intimidate a public officer or law officer performing his or her legal duties, the crime is a felony punishable by two years in prison.
Indecent exposure is a felony sex crime. It is punishable by a sentence of 30 days in jail to 10 years in prison, and carries a fine of $500 to $20,000.It is a Level I sex offense that requires annual sex offender registration for 15 years.
