ORLANDO, Fla. (WKRC) – A woman was arrested after a road rage incident in Orlando that police say left a pregnant driver and an elderly bystander injured and an officer bitten during the arrest.
Mandolyn Shaffer-Brockwell, 37, faces multiple charges including battery on a person 65 or older, burglary of a conveyance with assault, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence, according to Orlando police.
A woman was arrested after a road rage incident in Orlando that police say left a pregnant driver and an elderly bystander injured and an officer bitten during the arrest.{ }{ }(Orlando Police Department/CBS Newspath)
Officers responded Feb. 23 to reports of a confrontation. Police said video shows Shaffer-Brockwell jumping onto a vehicle, opening the driver’s door and striking a pregnant woman inside.
According to a police report cited by Fox 35 Orlando, the driver told officers Shaffer-Brockwell had been driving erratically and confronted her after she honked.
“Honk at me again, (expletive),” Shaffer-Brockwell allegedly said before the assault, according to police.
Per the station, the driver told 911, “A woman just assaulted me in my car.”
Authorities said a 68-year-old woman who stopped to help was also attacked. Police allege Shaffer-Brockwell told her, “Get back in your (expletive) car,” before striking her.
Police said Shaffer-Brockwell resisted arrest and bit an officer.
A woman was arrested after a road rage incident in Orlando that police say left a pregnant driver and an elderly bystander injured and an officer bitten during the arrest. (Orlando Police Department/CBS Newspath)
Body-camera video shows the officer saying, “Don’t bite me!” as the officer attempted to restrain her and place her in handcuffs.
The victims’ identities have not been released. The case remains under investigation.
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