A Florida 15-year-old was caught overtly slamming a steel shovel onto the hood of a police cruiser with an officer inside, resulting in her being charged with a felony.
Amy Likelihood was arrested in a suburban neighborhood of Port St. Lucie on Nov. 3 after an officer arrived to research a disturbance at her household house brought on by the teenager, authorities wrote in a press launch.
Physique cam footage launched by the Port St. Lucie Police Division reveals the shovel-wielding teen in the course of the road and approaching the officer as he was sitting in his patrol automobile.
She is then seen putting the car a number of occasions, with out showing to have had any prior interplay with the cop.
“Are you kidding me?” the officer is heard saying aloud earlier than exiting his automobile, pulling out his taser, and ordering the 15-year-old to drop the shovel.
With the taser pointing immediately at her, the teenager is seen mean-mugging the cop earlier than dropping the shovel.
Likelihood then flips off the cop and begins to stroll away earlier than the officer closes in on the teenager and orders her to cease.
“Get on the f–king floor,” the officer calmly, however sternly tells Likelihood as he turns her round, makes her kneel on the pavement, and places her in handcuffs.
Authorities stated the 15-year-old was taken into custody with out incident.
Likelihood is now dealing with a felony legal mischief cost for inflicting greater than $1,200 value of injury to the patrol automobile.
“No matter age, resorting to intentional harm of individuals or property in our metropolis will end in an arrest,” the Port St. Lucie Police Division stated in its press launch.
It stays unclear why police have been referred to as to Likelihood’s house, and why she determined to strike the police cruiser.
The 15-year-old’s arrest comes almost two months after a police officer in California fatally shot an unhinged man who charged at him with a shovel in broad daylight outdoors an elementary college in Anaheim.
An officer responded to a 911 name round 12:45 p.m. on Sept. 15 a few suspicious man, presumably underneath the affect, who was carrying a brick and a shovel.
When the officer arrived, 36-year-old Rudy Anthony Martinez II noticed the patrol automobile throughout the intersection and charged towards it whereas wielding the shovel.
The officer was barely out of his cruiser earlier than the madman began swinging the implement, dashcam footage reveals.
The cop ordered Martinez to “sit down” throughout the assault — warning him he’s “gonna get shot” — if he doesn’t cease his assault. Fearing for his security, the officer fires two warning pictures, however Martinez continues to cost.
The Anaheim cop then opens hearth on the crazed man with the shovel. Martinez died half-hour after arriving on the hospital.
