Witherspoon Jailed in Geneseo for DWI and Resisting Arrest

GENESEO – A Lima man was arrested by the Geneseo Police Department after being charged with DWI and then allegedly became hostile when he resisted arrest.

According to a press release from Geneseo Police Chief Eric Osganian, Officer Zachary Hinkson arrested Brendan Witherspoon, 26, of Lima, for Driving While Intoxicated, Failure to Yield the Right of Way, and Resisting Arrest on Lakeville Road, after he was found to be DWI then resisted and became hostile.

“Witherspoon was very uncooperative,” said Geneseo Police Chief Eric Osganian. “Unfortunately he became hostile to the officer which resulted in another charge.”

Witherspoon was arraigned in front of Geneseo Justice Bradley Janson and remanded to the Livingston County Jail in lieu of $2,500 cash or $5,000 bond.