Lawrence County Police arrest woman found dancing naked in the street

 by: Jacob Burbrink - Digital Investigative Reporter and Producer

Posted: Apr 8, 2022 / 05:06 PM EDT

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ind. — A Lawrence County woman faces charges after police said she stripped down in the street and spat on another woman.

The Lawrence County Police Department said the arrest comes after two boys found Dara Hagemier lying completely naked in the middle of the road while driving home Tuesday. When one of the boys told her to get out of the road, court documents state she told him that she was going to rape him.

The boys called their mother, who arrived at the scene to find her still naked in the middle of the road. A probable cause affidavit states Hagemier told the boys’ mother to undress and join her on the road to dance. She also reportedly made another comment about the boys in front of their mother.

At some point, the mother reached down to get Hagemier up or move her. In response, the document states Hagemier spat on her. The woman said she never touched or put her hands on Hagemier.

When police arrived, it was dark outside with no streetlights. This area is a hillcrest, and Hagemier would have not been visible while lying in the roadway, the document details. Police said she would have been in extreme danger of being hit by a vehicle if it was travelling at the speed limit or faster.

One of the officers who responded, Sergeant Brandon Blackwell, said he immediately recognized Hagemier from numerous interactions with her over his law enforcement career. At the time, she was on parole for battery with bodily injury to a public safety officer.

Hagemier was taken to the Lawrence County Security Center on preliminary charges of battery by bodily waste and public intoxication. The document states the officer requested a review of charges for public nudity as he didn’t witness her in this state during his time on the scene.

Woman to receive prison time for battery

Dara R. Hagemier, 44, 2800 Bartlettsville Road, was sentenced to two years at the Indiana Department of Correction for battery resulting in bodily injury to a public safety official, a Level 5 felony. After the term, she will also spend one year on probation. She was also sentenced to 40 days of community service.

The battery incident occurred in March.

She was sentenced in Lawrence Superior Court I by Judge John Plummer.

Source wbiw 1, wbiw 2 and fox59