A domestic dispute involving a reportedly hysterical female suspect has evolved into an investigation into inappropriate and explicit messages sent to underage high school teenagers, officers of the Bellefontaine Police Department report.
Samantha Seay, 18, of Bellefontaine, was arrested shortly after 7 p.m., Thursday, April 25, on multiple charges including obstructing official business, resisting arrest, assault on a police officer and persistent disorderly conduct following a reported domestic dispute. Police were dispatched to the area of 105 School Street following multiple 911 calls in which a male and female could be heard yelling at each other.
Upon arrival, police attempted to talk to the male and female individuals reportedly involved. However, Seay was extremely confrontational with officers and was reportedly screaming and refused to calm down. Police attempted to detain her but she resisted, and then began kicking at and pulling away from officers.
She was forcibly detained and placed in the back of a police cruiser. Seay continued to kick at and scream at officers, and at one point reportedly kicked an officer in the chest.
After an extended struggle, Seay eventually was secured, transported and lodged in the Logan County Jail.
Following her arrest, Seay’s purse and cell phone were left with her boyfriend.
Around 9 a.m. the next day, Friday, April 26, officers were dispatched to an apartment at 500 Gunntown Road on a report from Seay’s sister saying that she’d been attempting to contact Seay’s boyfriend to retrieve the purse and cell phone on behalf of her sister, but he was not cooperating.
Police traveled to the jail and made contact with Seay and asked her if she wanted the purse and phone returned to her sister. Seay said yes, and that if he refused Seay indicated to police she wanted to pursue theft charges against her boyfriend.
Police attempted to make contact with Seay’s boyfriend to return the items, but were unsuccessful. A message was left, but was not immediately returned.
Later on in the afternoon of April 26, police were made aware of inappropriate messages being sent to students at Bellefontaine High School. The messages were coming from Seay’s social media and phone number and purported to be from her. Officers spoke with two 15-year-old girls who received messages soliciting an explicit encounter with Seay’s adult-age boyfriend.
One of the girls was told in a message that was represented to be coming from Seay that she had, “cheated on her boyfriend and needed someone to sleep with him so he would stay with her.”
The girls also reportedly were offered money in exchange for the tryst.
Officers are still investigating.