Two Reston men were among seven people arrested early Sunday morning by Fairfax County police, following a brawl outside the Shark Club in Centreville. Charges ranged from assault on a police officer to disorderly conduct to obstruction of justice.
Two women were charged with assaulting a police officer. They are Nichole Laterz, 29, of Summer Tree Road in Centreville, and Joanne Haines-Kenner, 25, of Snyder Drive in Elizabethtown, Pa.
Officers from the Fair Oaks District Station were on patrol, around 2 a.m., when they saw a fight break out among several people in the nightclub's parking lot.
According to police, "One officer approached the fight and pulled Laterz out of the middle — at which time she [allegedly] struck the officer in the face. Haines-Kenner, who was standing nearby, [allegedly] jumped onto the same officer's back and began hitting him in the head."
A second officer removed her and took her into custody. After a brief struggle, police arrested Laterz, too. Both were taken to the Adult Detention Center and formally charged.
Police say that, while they were trying to arrest the two women, five other people reportedly interfered and were also taken into custody. Charged with obstruction of justice and being drunk in public was Matthew L. Kenner, 25, of Snyder Drive in Elizabethtown, Pa.
James Edward Kramer, 21, and Felix Javier Martinez, 22 — both of Cloudcroft Square in Reston — and Jason Alan Hutson, 21, of Jenny Leigh Court in Centreville, were all charged with disorderly conduct. Police charged Carlos Martinez, 24, of Summer Tree Road in Centreville, with being drunk in public.