Published: September 10, 2021

A LAWRENCE COUNTY WOMAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER ENTERING A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE IN LEOMA WITH A HANDGUN. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO THE STORE ON HIGHWAY 43 IN REFERENCE TO THE WOMAN WHO WAS WALKING INSIDE THE PROPERTY YELLING AND STATING SHE WAS THERE TO KILL THE DOGS. THE WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS SUMMER RITCH, LIVED NEARBY, AND EVENTUALLY WALKED OUTSIDE TO LOOK FOR THE DOGS. RITCH WAS ARRESTED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND WAS TRANSPORTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. LEOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS PLACED ON LOCK DOWN DURING INCIDENT AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATIONS AFTER THE EVENT WAS QUICKLY RESOLVED.