LIBERTY — Bond was set at $5,000 Monday for a Warren woman making her first appearance on charges stemming from a Friday night traffic stop and a warrant from last June.

Laura Rice, 28, pleaded not guilty to charges of obstructing official business and falsification in Girard Municipal Court. According to a police report, an officer was working an OVI detail and patrolling the area of Colonial Drive and Belmont Avenue when he noticed a red truck without operating brake lights or tail lights.

While speaking to the vehicle’s passenger, Rice, the officer asked if she had any identification. She told the officer her name was “Carly Mayberry,” and the officer noted she was stumbling over her words and hesitated on details such as her birthdate. She also didn’t know her Social Security number.

The officer received a physical description of Mayberry, who dispatchers told the officer was 5 feet 1 inch tall and emailed him a picture, confirming Rice was not the woman she was claiming to be.

The report states that as the officer asked Rice to step out of the vehicle, she began acting as if she was having a panic attack and complaining of chest pain.

The Liberty Fire Department was requested and later arrived on the scene, and the officer continued to ask for her correct information, which she failed to provide and began acting as if she was having a medical seizure, according to the report.

The paramedic present said Rice was not having a seizure and had worked herself up to a self-induced panic attack, and she was placed on a gurney so medics could calm her down and check her heart. Rice still insisted on being taken to the hospital for chest pain, despite the medic telling the officer that things checked out OK.

Because Rice was being transported to the hospital, officers gathered her purse and checked it for weapons, finding a food stamp card with the name “Laura E. Rice” on it.

The name was run through LEADS and given to dispatch, which revealed an active theft warrant through the township, and another warrant through the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

Rice was told she would also be charged with obstructing official business and falsification before being transported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital to be checked.

The report states a short period later, the hospital’s police department called and told the officer she was being discharged, clearing her. She began acting as if she couldn’t walk and acted as if her chest hurt as the officer took her into custody, according to the report.

Rice is set to return to court July 2 for her theft warrant and the obstructing official business and falsification charges.