Vomit-Covered Woman Curses One Officer, Warns Another

The efforts of two Gwinnett County Police officers to help an inebriated Dacula woman find her way home were reportedly met with a expletive-laden warning and pejorative terminology.

Police were called to the Hamilton Mill McDonald's on Aug. 22 around 4:30 p.m. in response to a report of a suspicious person. Upon arrival, they found Tonya Doyle, 34, sitting on the curb in what the reporting officer described as an unresponsive state.


According to the arrest report, Doyle did not respond to multiple questions from the investigating officer and had a "strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her person." Doyle also reportedly had vomit in her hair and on the front of her shirt.

Doyle eventually acknowledged the officer and indicated she did not need medical attention. The officer then asked Doyle if she was drunk, to which Doyle allegedly nodded her head indicating she was. Doyle refused to provide her last name and informed the officer she was worried she would be arrested.

"I calmly advised Doyle that I did not intend to arrest her and told her that I preferred that we contact someone who could pick her up," the officer wrote in the report. 

Doyle claimed she had no one nearby and allegedly became argumentative. The officer informed Doyle she would be arrested if she did not have anyone who could come get her.

"Doyle began yelling, 'Don't f*** with me' repeatedly and began calling [the other officer] a b****," the report stated.

When informed she was about to be arrested, Doyle reportedly became cooperative and apologetic. At that point, the officer advised Doyle she had one last chance to have someone come get her and again she refused to provide any contact information.

Doyle was handcuffed and placed in the officer's patrol car. Before the officer left the scene, Doyle's fiance arrived and explained Doyle had just left rehab after treatment for alcoholism. The man said he had been trying to find her ever since she walked out of their Dacula residence earlier that day.

Doyle was transported to the jail and, once there, refused to exit the vehicle.

"I again calmly advised Doyle that if she did not get out that sheriff's deputies would have to remove her from the vehicle," the officer wrote. "Doyle would not comply and she was turned over to the on-duty intake deputies."

Doyle was released the following day on a $135 bond.