An altercation on Newsome Street on Feb. 17 resulted in the arrest of a Greensboro man on multiple charges.
According to the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, Allen Lacy Porterfield, of 1740 Bramlett Rd., faces charges of obstruction, cruelty to children in the first degree, two counts of cruelty to children in the third degree, abuse of a disabled person, simple battery, and criminal trespass.
According to reports, Sgt. Eli Franks was sent to the location in reference to a domestic dispute and saw a white male, later identified as Porterfield, strike a white female in the face.
The woman fell on the porch, and Porterfield went into the residence.
Franks entered the residence and found Porterfield in the dining room standing next to a china cabinet holding two small, white teapots in each hand.
According to the report, Franks told Porterfield to place his hands behind his back, but he refused.
An altercation ensued between Porterfield and Franks, which forced Franks to deploy his taser.
According to the report, the taser did not have the desired complete neuromuscular incapacitation, and Porterfield pulled his right arm back as if he was going to throw the tea pot at him.
Porterfield continued to move towards the deputy, so Franks deployed the stand-off darts from approximately two to three feet away.
According to the report, the taser still did not provide the desired effect, and Porterfield continued to walk toward Franks. Franks used the drive stun from the taser, which caused Porterfield to stumble to his left and hit the wall. Franks and Porterfield both ended up on the ground. Franks was finally able to subdue Porterfield using the taser and placed him in handcuffs.
Porterfield was then placed in the rear of Franks’ patrol vehicle.
Porterfield told Franks that the people living in the house had stolen from his mother and that he had come to the house to get his mother’s belongings.
According to the report, Porterfield said a 43-year-old woman confined to a wheelchair tried to block him. Porterfield said he pushed her out of the way, and she hit him in the face.
According to the report, Porterfield started to say he punched her but stopped his sentence before completing the word punched and used the phrase “pushed her in the face.”
The woman in the wheelchair said that Porterfield grabbed her wheelchair and tried to push her out of it, but she was able to catch herself on a wooden post on the porch.
Deputy John Jackson later transported Porterfield to the Morgan County jail.