A 26-year-old North Platte woman is facing felony charges after a disturbance at a local bar and a fight with police.

At around 1:42 a.m., on August 27, police responded to Shooters, 2221 East 4th Street, on the report of a disturbance in the parking lot.

Officers arrived and found Melissa Ohlson yelling at another individual.  Officers asked Ohlson to disperse but, according to Investigator John Deal, she insisted on continuing to “go after” the other person.

At this time, Deal says Ohlson pushed one of the officers in an attempt to get by him.  The officer ordered Ohlson to back away, but Ohlson pushed him again and was told she was being placed under arrest for obstruction of justice.

As officers attempted to place her in handcuffs, Ohlson allegedly continued to struggle and refused to put her hands behind her back.

She was eventually subdued, placed in a patrol car and taken to the Lincoln County Detention Center.

Deal says, once at the jail, Ohlson continued to put up a fight and it was determined that she needed to be put in a restraint chair.

As detention officers and police attempted to place Ohlson in the chair, she reportedly kicked a Detention Officer in the groin, kicked at another while she had metal ankle restraints on and hit the same officer she kicked in the groin in the hand.

Ohlson was eventually booked into the jail on charges of obstruction, felony assault on a police officer and resisting arrest.

She was still in jail on Monday morning, according to jail records.