Loud cellphone call leads to pregnant woman's arrest
 

Loud c-phone call leads to pregnant woman's arrest
Transit police forced her to lie on stomach, woman says
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 Posted: 4:46 PM EDT (2046 GMT)

WHEATON, Maryland (AP) -- A pregnant woman said she was handcuffed by transit police and forced to lie on her stomach during an arrest that began with her talking too loudly on her cell phone.

Sakinah Aaron, 23, said she feared her unborn baby would be harmed when the officer forced her to the ground and put his knee in her back at a bus stop earlier this month. A doctor later said her 5-month-old fetus was not harmed.

"I'm thinking between the ground and his knee, my water is going to break and I'm going to have a miscarriage or something," she said of the September 9 incident.

Deputy Chief Timothy Gronau said Monday that Officer George Saoutis followed police procedure after Aaron refused to stop cursing loudly during a cell phone conversation and became abusive and uncooperative.

Aaron said the officer approached her as she walked to catch a bus, telling her to keep her voice down. She twice tried to break away, but he caught her arm, then placed her face down, handcuffed her, and charged her with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Aaron was scheduled to appear in court on October 21.

... if it was up to me I'd ban cell phones in public areas.

damn man, that is a tough situation but i think he could have done better then to put her on the ground with his knee in her back, i mean i understand she was disorderly but she is pregnant as well

what in the fuCK! :helpme

i do not feel sorry for her one bit

I can't stand people who talk on phones and drive. :ak47:

that's too bad for her and for her child! that's too much.

While it sounds screwed up, there are two sides to every story. She could have been excessively belligerent, or even violent. But, at least the baby's ok.

This cell phone society is driving me crazy. People can't seem to live without a phone in their hands at all times. I have a cell but hardly ever use it. When I go out to dinner or to a movie I want peace and to be able to enjoy myself without the phone ringing every 5 minutes.

exactly. i see ppl attached to them like a fucking oxygen machine

if it is her first kid, and she is 5 months pregnant, most likely no one could tell by looking at her . . . . he should have just used Mace

that's digusting!:disgust

I hate phones period...never anyone I want to talk to at the other end of the line.

I hate going out with people who right in the middle of a conversation over dinner stop to answer their fucking phone.

If you are a doctor or someone who is on call 24 hours a day...cool...if you are not turn the fucking phone down and only answer it if it's clearly an emergency...like kids calling from home or something.