Thursday, January 3, 2013
A 21-year-old Ohio woman slapped with charges after climbing a fire truck and
refusing to come down while drunk on New Year's Eve. The incident happened
shortly after 0100 at the Broadway firehouse in
Lorain. According to LFD Firefighters, Miranda Lewis came to the station
intoxicated and screaming for help. When she was let inside the station, she
said she was going to be raped and started running around. She eventually
climbed up one of the fire trucks and refused to come down. Police were
called, and tried to coax Lewis down, but she refused and clung to a large water
nozzle. It took several officers to pry Lewis off of the nozzle and bring her
down to safety. Lewis is charged with disorderly conduct by intoxication and
disorderly conduct persisting. If there had there been
a fire emergency during Lewis' incident, response may have been delayed.