Intoxicated woman asks officer for ride, gets arrested

Sarah Kifle is facing preliminary charges of public intoxication and criminal mischief after entering the lobby of the Bloomington Police Department and demanding a ride home from officers.

According to the BPD report, “Sgt. Shane Rasche was dispatched to the lobby in response to a woman tearing things off the wall.”

Kifle, 23, entered BPD’s headquarters on Third Street at 4:13 a.m. Friday.

Because no one was present in the lobby at the time, Kifle attempted to contact dispatch via the call box.

After Rasche asked the woman what she was doing, she demanded a ride. Rasche noticed three poster boards ripped off the wall and a shredded call box instruction sheet on the floor of the lobby area.

Kifle appeared very intoxicated, Rasche said. Kifle asked Rasche, who was in full uniform, if he was an officer.

Surveillance cameras also filmed Kifle rocking a bubble gum machine back and forth in the lobby area.

Officers eventually gave Kifle a ride. Instead of taking her to her residence, she was taken to Monroe County Jail.