The police report on
the most recent arrest for 2005 "American Idol" finalist Jessica
Sierra paints a
picture
of a young woman who appears to be in freefall. Sierra, 22, was
in jail again on Saturday and could face more than 11 years in
prison on charges of disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest
and violating parole as a result of an arrest early Sunday
morning outside a bar in Ybor City, near Tampa, Florida.
According to a
copy of the arrest report obtained by TMZ.com, whose contents
were confirmed by a Tampa Police Department spokesperson, Sierra
was booted from the Full Moon Saloon around 2:15 a.m. Sunday
after causing an unspecified disturbance while working inside
the establishment. After screaming at security and raising her
hands as if asking for a fight with a bouncer, Sierra then
reportedly tried to walk back in through another door and was
escorted out by a plainclothes police officer, who was on duty
at the bar.
While being
removed, she allegedly "turned around and tried to push Officer
Angelakopoulos away by striking him." After police took Sierra
to a property across the street, a friend of the singer's tried
to calm her down, but the two ended up getting into a fight and
rolling around on the ground. According to the copy of the
report on TMZ, Sierra got up and tried to walk away and
"randomly shoved numerous patrons who were walking on the
sidewalk while yelling profanities and screaming."
Police then tried
to arrest Sierra, who again attempted to push the officers and
pull away. Once in the backseat of the police cruiser, Sierra,
who police said smelled strongly of alcohol and had glassy eyes,
vomited in the car and kicked an officer who had opened the back
door to allow a paramedic to look her over. Sierra reportedly
told the police that she drank four to five shots of vodka on an
empty stomach and that was why she was vomiting.
Additionally, one
officer reported that Sierra was screaming while in the backseat
of the cruiser that her aunt is the mayor and that "I would be
out of a job." He also reported that Sierra yelled a string of
obscenities at the officers.
"Her behavior was
very erratic, being that she would be disorderly and
argumentative at one moment and then apologetic the next,"
Angelakopoulos wrote in his report. "Several times she stated
that she was sorry and to please let her go and she would leave
with no problems. Upon advising her that I could not do that,
she would get angry and yell, 'F--- you.' " Once the officer
began transporting Sierra to jail, he said she begged him not to
take her because, "this would ruin her life. She then told me
that she would do anything for me to let her go. She then made
the statement, 'please don't take me to jail,' [and reportedly
offered sexual favors] if you don't take me to jail.' " When the
officer did not respond, Sierra then allegedly cursed him with a
racial slur several times. The report said she also repeatedly
cursed a female officer who was attempting to assist with the
arrest, threatening to injure her.
According to the
report, Sierra vomited again as the cruiser pulled into central
booking and continued yelling profanities and racial slurs
during her booking, which caused officers to place her in an
isolation cell because of her disruptive behavior.
Sierra's
attorney, John Fitzgibbons, issued this statement Monday
(December 3): "Jessica's most recent problems show once again
the wretched curse of drug and alcohol addiction. It is a
horrific disease that has literally destroyed the lives of
countless talented and well-known athletes, singers and movie
stars as well as countless other people who are not in the
public spotlight. There are no easy solutions to addiction and
the prognosis is often poor for someone in Jessica's position,
but we will continue to do our best to get her additional help."
The arrest came
less than two weeks after Sierra pleaded no contest to charges
of battery and possession of cocaine, stemming from an April
arrest. Sierra is being held without bond. She was supposed to
be completing a drug-rehabilitation program that was filmed for
VH1's upcoming reality show "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew,"
which was part of her sentence for allegedly hitting a man in
the head with a glass at a Tampa nightclub in April.
