Carollo Fan Charged with Battery for Billy Corben Phone Snatch

A Miami resident and Joe Carollo superfan is now facing a misdemeanor battery charge after she snatched documentary filmmaker and civic watchdog Billy Corben’s phone during a sunshine meeting at Miami City Hall in May.

The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office information packet, dated November 25, obtained by New Times stated that Maria “Beba” Sardiña Mann “did unlawfully commit battery upon William Cohen, AKA Billy Corben, by actually and intentionally touching or striking said person against said person’s will.”

At the May 30 meeting inside the City of Miami commission chambers, Corben walked up and recorded Sardiña Mann talking to activist Thomas Kennedy while they stood in line for public comment…

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