A woman in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood is facing a felony charge after police say she attacked a U.S. postal worker delivering mail, using her car, and later threatened the worker with a pellet gun.
Lourdes Maria Portugues is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with prejudice, according to Miami-Dade police. Investigators said the incident escalated from a verbal confrontation to an alleged attempted assault and threats of gun violence.
Police say the postal worker, a Black woman, was delivering mail on a residential street when Portugues’ child approached to retrieve mail. Officers allege Portugues yelled the n-word at the postal worker, then sprayed her with a garden hose…