Springfield Police Blotter: Shots fired, drunk drivers, domestic assault cases investigated

(From the Springfield Police Department)

FROM THE BLOTTER 

Early Tuesday morning, an officer on patrol pulled over a car for displaying plates that didn’t match the vehicle.

 
The driver, Richard Womack, 45, was moving erratically and, when officers attempted to detain him, Womack resisted. When additional officers arrived, Womack was arrested. Officers searched the vehicle and seized two firearms, marijuana, and controlled substances.

 
Womack was arrested and booked into the Greene County Jail for resisting arrest, assault on a special victim as well as an outstanding warrant.

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Officers responded to an assault in the 2100 block of N. Clifton on Monday night. Callers reported hearing a disturbance and shots fired.

 
Vernell Hale, 23, discarded a firearm then ran from the scene and was detained after a short foot pursuit. A K9 with the Greene County Sheriff's Office located the discarded firearm. After further investigation, officers learned that Hale assaulted two juveniles.

 
Hale was arrested and booked into the Greene County Jail for assault, unlawful use of a weapon, and resisting arrest.

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Officers were dispatched to the report of an intoxicated driver in the 1700 block of S. Campbell in the early morning hours on Monday.

 
The driver, Arveonia Williams, 25, was parked with the vehicle hanging over a retaining wall. After further investigation, officers determined Williams was intoxicated and had a child in the vehicle.
Williams was arrested and booked into the Greene County Jail for driving while intoxicated and child endangerment.

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On Saturday morning, officers responded to a domestic assault near Nichols and Kansas.

 
After a disturbance between the victim and Bobby G. Tipton, 41, at their home, the victim left the scene in a vehicle and Tipton followed. Near the intersection of Nichols and Kansas, Tipton intentionally hit the victim’s vehicle with his vehicle.

 
Officers arrested Tipton, a felon who was also in possession of a firearm, and booked him into the Greene County Jail for domestic assault, assault, child endangerment, and unlawful use of a weapon.