What was supposed to be an ordinary late-morning drive near the Mall at Millenia turned into a roadside spectacle, as Orlando police say a Miami woman jumped out of her car in a burst of road rage and wound up attacking multiple people, including two officers.
Mandolyn Shaffer-Brockwell, 37, was arrested after the incident, which police say unfolded just before noon on Feb. 23 at Millenia Boulevard and Millenia Plaza Way. Witnesses told officers she climbed onto another car, hit the driver, and scratched an elderly bystander who tried to step in and help.
Police say she faces four felonies
Shaffer-Brockwell is facing four felony charges: battery on a person 65 years or older, aggravated battery on a law-enforcement officer, burglary of a conveyance with assault or battery, and resisting an officer with violence, according to FOX 35 Orlando, which reports that the information comes from an Orange County arrest affidavit.
The same report notes that she was transported to the Orange County Booking and Release Center after the arrest. That county facility handles intake and bookings for arrests from across the area.
Witness accounts and alleged resistance
One witness, identified in the arrest affidavit as a 35-year-old woman, told officers the other driver repeatedly braked in front of her, then cut across lanes, climbed onto the hood of her vehicle, and opened a door to hit her. The witness said she later drove herself to a hospital and called police, according to the affidavit…