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Woman arrested at Chattanooga Social Security site with weapons

Lisa Carroll
Lisa Carroll Lisa Carroll
photo Lisa Carroll

A woman showed up at the Chattanooga Social Security Administration offices Tuesday armed with hammers, a rubber mallet, a pry bar, a fire extinguisher, a fake pistol and several sharpened wooden handles, according to Chattanooga police.

Lisa Carroll, 34, had the tools and weapons tucked into her belt when she tried to enter the Social Security offices at 1290 Perimeter Drive around 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Police were called and officers ordered Carroll five times – at Taser-point – but she refused and fought when police attempted to handcuff her. According to the affidavit, she kneed one officer in the groin before being cuffed and disarmed.

She was charged with assault on police and was booked into the Hamilton County Jail.