A Florida woman punched a sheriff’s deputy repeatedly in the face, bit both arms, spat on her, and ripped a portable radio from her vest as the deputy tried to arrest her, according to Polk County court records.
Deputy Vivianna Ramos-Matarazzo ended up on the ground struggling to control Melanie Elizabeth Davis, 48, outside an Eagle Lake residence on September 23, 2026. When backup arrived, the deputy’s badge, flashlight, and radio were scattered nearby.
The confrontation began with a reported hit-and-run collision near Bomber Road and Pine Street. Ramos-Matarazzo traced Davis’s black Kia Soul to her home, where a dispute involving Davis’s elderly father preceded the attempt to handcuff her…