Man Charged With Public Intoxication, Fleeing from Police and More After Being Found on Someone Else's Porch

Jeremy Hopkins, 36, Wingfield.

Darren Doyle, story:
A Wingfield man faces two felony charges after a complaint call from a person living nearby, according to law enforcement.

According to an arrest citation, the Edmonson County Sheriff's Office was called to a residence on Wingfield Church Road last night from a woman who said an unknown man was on her front porch. According to the citation, the woman claimed the man would not communicate with anyone.

Law enforcement arrived at approximately 7:45PM on Tuesday, May 5th, according to the Sheriff's Office and a deputy made contact with the subject who was identified as Jeremy Hopkins, 36, of The Bridge Road in Wingfield. According to the citation, when law enforcement attempted to make contact with Hopkins he fled from the deputy to a nearby barn. The citation also stated Hopkins was incoherent, was slurring his words, and resisted with a brief struggle. Hopkins was detained and arrested.

He was charged with Public intoxication of controlled substance (excludes alcohol), Resisting arrest, and Fleeing or evading police on foot second degree (Class D felony).

The citation further stated that as Hopkins was being transported to jail, he damaged a deputy jailer's vehicle by breaking wires to one of the vehicle's lights. He was also accused of tampering with screws on the cage in the rear of the vehicle with a seatbelt clip. 

He was then also charged with Criminal mischief first degree, a Class D felony. 

He was transported to the Hart County Jail where he was released on a $500 unsecured bond, according to the Hart County Jail website.