So, as a city reporter covering crime, I go to the Rocky Mount Police Department every day to read through investigative and arrest reports. Combing through the reports takes anywhere from 20 to 60 minutes because I have to write down incident numbers, names, addresses, etc. so I can use them to reference with the police department when I request more information.

Today was an especially long day with a number of arrests, assaults, robberies and the like. The majority of the major incidents will go up online today and some also will run in tomorrow's paper (depending on how much room we have).

One incident I ran across wasn't significant enough to be a brief, but had enough of a lesson for everyone that I figured I'd talk about it here.

According to police reports, officers conducted a traffic stop around 3 a.m. Sunday, but what was started as a traffic violation turned into a debacle for police officers.

Officers reportedly were talking with Brittany Horne and her passenger Jamal Rashad Sessoms about alcohol allegedly found in the car when another car pulled up beside the police and reportedly attempted to interfer. The alleged interference — reportedly involving cursing at the officers — spelled charges for Tiffany Williams and Walter Harvey as well.

In the end, the follow charges were filed:

• Horne, 24, was charged with driving while intoxicated, driving while license revoked and possession of an open container of alcohol.
• Sessoms, 19, was charged with drunk and disruptive behavior, consuming alcohol by a 19/20 year old, possession of alcohol by a 19/20 year old and possession of an open container of alcohol. He was jailed in Nash County under a $1,500 secured bond.
• Williams, 23, was charged with disorderly conduct.
• Harvey, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct, second-degree trespassing and resist, obstruct or delay.

I think this incident shows that interferring (**that does not mean do not cooperate with them if they are asking for information**) in the work of police officers is never a good idea!