Woman arrested following traffic stop in Dover

DOVER, Del. – Delaware State Police have arrested a Dover woman following a traffic stop that turned physical in Dover.

38-year-old Sierra Hopkins was arrested and charged with Assault in the Second Degree of a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with force or violence, endangering the welfare of a child and other related charges.

Hopkins was pulled over by a trooper on July 7 after a computer inquiry indicated that the registration on the car she was driving was suspended.

Four juvenile passengers were in the car with her at the time.

The trooper issued her traffic citations and let her go without towing her vehicle.

The trooper then determined that the vehicle should have been towed and conducted a second traffic stop on the vehicle.

After giving Hopkins orders to pull into a nearby parking lot, Hopkins refused to move her car and refused to exit the vehicle.

A skirmish ensued as the trooper tried to remove her from the vehicle and get her to lie on the ground, with eventually a taser being deployed.

With the help of responding officers, she was taken into custody.

Hopkins was arraigned and committed to the Delaware Department of Correction on a $10,000 cash bond.

A video of the arrest has been circulating on social media and Delaware State Police say they are reviewing the events surrounding the arrest.