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Woman Arrested After “Violent” Altercation With Police

By News Aug 17, 2020 | 10:50 AM
A 23 year old Lincoln woman put up quite a fight around 9 p.m. Saturday at 73rd and Jacobs Creek.  Police located a man who said he was trying to leave his girlfriend’s home after an argument.  She would not allow him to go and stood between him and his vehicle.  The man was struck several times and fell to the ground causing more injuries that were confirmed by officers.  Witnesses also reported to police what they saw.
Police tried to contact Nyagoa Wankok who then walked away from officers who informed her she was under arrest.  As they tried to take her into custody, Wankok tucked her arms in so they could not put on handcuffs and pulled away from officers.  She first kicked at officers as they tried to get her into a cruiser.  She then wrapped her legs around the officer preventing him from moving.  She continued to fight back and struggle throughout the incident to avoid getting into the cruiser.
Wankok then kicked another officer, grabbed an officer’s duty belt and bit an officer on the wrist living teeth marks.  Due to the violence during the struggle, an officer used pepper spray.  Wankok continued to resist and struggle with officers, kicking one in the thumb causing an injury that required medical attention.
Wankok was first taken to a hospital to be checked out before being booked into jail on two counts of assault on a police officer and one count of domestic assault.