Pike County, KY — A woman causing a disturbance at a hospital was arrested for menacing. According to the arrest citation, Kentucky State Police responded to Tug Valley ARH in South Williamson to a complaint of an unruly patient. Troopers say 32-year-old Lorrie Maynard had left her hospital room and locked herself in a nearby restroom. Authorities say Maynard flooded the sink in the bathroom causing water of overflow into the hallway. Maynard was escorted back to her room where she refused to allow nurses or hospital security staff to assist her. Troopers say Maynard was fidgety and displayed paranoid behavior and she told them she had smoked meth and believed people were chasing her with firearms. Maynard was medically cleared by the hospital and became disorderly and lunged at Troopers and Pike County Sheriff Deputies. Maynard was lodged in the Pike County Detention Center and charged with Public intoxication of a controlled substance, Disorderly conduct and menacing.

                                                                        Lorrie Maynard