State v. Pitts

These cases were tried to the court on May 28, 1986. The facts were not seriously in dispute.

On May 14, 1986, a number of Cincinnati police officers were writing a traffic citation on Melish Avenue in Cincinnati. While the officers were engaged in writing the citations, a woman later identified as Beverly Pitts began yelling at the officers from a second floor window across the street. The officers testified that Beverly Pitts cursed them, threw a potato chip bag at them and threatened to shoot them.- Beverly Pitts was obviously intoxicated.

After the officers finished dealing with the…