Traffic stop over handicap parking permit ends with officer assaulted, police say

WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – An 18-year-old woman was arrested Thursday after Miami police said she interfered with an investigation into the alleged misuse of a disabled parking permit, struck an officer and violently resisted arrest during a traffic stop.

Jaley Rivalta, 18, faces charges of battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence and approaching a first responder after a warning to impede, according to a Miami Police arrest report.

The incident occurred around 7 p.m. Thursday in the area of 10101 W. Flagler St. in west Miami, where officers were conducting enforcement targeting the illegal use of handicap parking spaces…

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