By Pat Culverhouse

Screaming profanities while seated in the middle of a public street has landed a Minden woman in a less comfortable seat at the parish jail.

Minden police officers reportedly were called Wednesday to a Lee St. address to investigate claims of a woman being on an apartment complex premises after being forbidden. On arrival, the officers studied a video of the incident and determined the woman had not trespassed.

But while officers were talking with witnesses, 34-year-old Scarlet Monnionshanick Brown reportedly was sitting in a chair in the middle of the street “…screaming profane language at the top of her lungs…” toward the complex manager.

After repeated warnings, Brown reportedly rose from her chair, walked toward the officers and continued to scream profanities.

Brown was taken into custody and charged with addressing any offensive, derisive, annoying words to another person and obstructing public passages.

She is being held at the parish jail where her bond has been set at $1,250.

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