Woman Arrested on Warrants After Visiting Jail

A woman was arrested Friday afternoon on warrants and additional charges outside the McCracken County Jail.

According to the McCracken County Sheriff's Department, someone contacted them about 47-year-old Melissa K. Lane, who was visiting the jail, saying there were warrants for her arrest. As she was leaving, a deputy spoke to her and she allegedly gave false information about her identity. When the deputy told Lane he knew there were warrants for her arrest, she attempted to get in her vehicle and leave. 

When the deputy told Lane she was under arrest, she reportedly began to fight him, punching him while trying to get her key in the car's ignition. After she was removed from the vehicle, deputies say she continued to struggle in the northbound lane of South 7th Street, but was eventually taken into custody.

Lane was arrested on the two warrants from Fayette County for 2nd degree possession of a forged instrument, and faces additional charges of resisting arrest, assault 3rd degree on an officer, and wanton endangerment 1st degree.

She was taken back into the jail and incarcerated.