{"id":217100,"date":"2026-03-12T22:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/217100\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:30:10","slug":"long-beach-mom-jailed-for-dwi-after-violent-confrontation-with-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/217100\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach mom jailed for DWI after violent confrontation with police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/greaterlongisland.com\/long-beach-mom-dwi-assault-police-traffic-stop\/\" alt=\"Long Beach mom jailed for DWI after violent confrontation with police\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        <img width=\"1575\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Alisha-Thomas.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid mb-4 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Alisha Thomas of Long Beach was hit with eight charges related to a traffic stop in which she allegedly turned violent and injured police officers.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Long Beach mother faces a battery of charges \u2014 including DWI and assault \u2014 related to a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon that turned violent and left two officers injured, Nassau Police said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said officers saw a green 2026 Infiniti QX60 traveling south on Long Beach Road in North Long Beach at 3:33 p.m. weaving from its lane.<\/p>\n<p>When officers pulled the car over, its driver, 36-year-old Alisha Thomas, was found to be intoxicated, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Cops said further that Thomas resisted arrest and became combative, injuring two officers during the struggle. Thomas and the two cops were taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas, a mother of three, was arraigned Thursday at Nassau First District Court. She pleaded not guilty to all charges.<\/p>\n<p>Bail for Thomas was set at $10,000 cash, $25,000 insured bond, or $50,000 partially secured surety bond.<\/p>\n<p>Charges against Alisha Thomas<\/p>\n<p>Thomas faces eight charges relating to Wednesday night\u2019s alleged altercation with police in North Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Second-Degree Assault (two counts)<\/p>\n<p>Second-Degree Harassment<\/p>\n<p>Second-Degree Obstructing Governmental Administration<\/p>\n<p>Resisting Arrest<\/p>\n<p>Driving While Intoxicated<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Vehicle and Traffic Law violations<\/p>\n<p>Top: Alisha Thomas (NCPD)<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GLI_LOGO-FAVICON-NOBG.png\" alt=\"Your Long Island news, delivered.\" width=\"180\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                Your Long Island news, delivered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">Subscribe to the GLI Newsletter \u2014 its free<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Long Beach mother faces a battery of charges \u2014 including DWI and assault \u2014 related to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[99574,99575,99576,131,133,132,99577,99578,99579,99580,31801,8347],"class_list":["post-217100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-assault-on-police-officer","tag-dwi-arrest","tag-hempstead-court","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-long-island-crime","tag-long-island-news","tag-nassau-county-crime","tag-nassau-county-police","tag-north-long-beach","tag-resisting-arrest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}