PALM BAY, Fla. – A Palm Bay police officer is in quarantine after a 47-year-old woman under arrest spit in his face repeatedly and claimed she had COVID-19, News 6 partner Florida Today reported.
The unidentified officer remains under a 14-day quarantine as a precaution after the encounter with the woman during a disturbance call last week, police reported. “It’s a vile, disgusting thing to do,” said Lt.
Mike Smith of the Palm Bay Police Department. Police arrested the woman after being called to a disturbance Sunday at a home on Australian Road in the northwest section of the city.
A fight broke out between two men and the woman was drawn into the ensuing struggle, police reported. The woman – who was expected to be tested – was charged