MILTON, Fla. – A woman’s alleged rampage against her mother and mother’s belongings didn’t end when she went home. That woman is also charged with battery on sheriff’s deputies.
Those deputies showed up at her mom’s home in Florida on Nov. 29 and she told them, “Her daughter, Tamara Hood, attacked her while in the house.
“Tamara was screaming at her elderly mother,” the arrest report continued, “tearing pictures off the wall and tossing them into the fireplace, and when [her mother] asked Tamara to leave her home, Tamara attacked [her mother].”
The deputy who wrote the report described what he was told, and what followed.
“[Her mother] was knocked to the ground,” the document said. “Tamara pulled [her mother’s] hair and hit her in the left side of her head several times. [Her mother] had several bumps on the left side of her head, and spots in her hair that appeared as if hair had been pulled from her head.
“[Her mother] is over 80 years of age.
“[Her mother] advised that Tamara was next door, in her trailer. [Deputies] went next door to make contact. We knocked several times and announced ourselves as law enforcement,” one of the deputies wrote.
“Tamara eventually answered the door, holding a dog by the collar. When I told Tamara to step out of the home to speak to me, she let go of the collar of the dog and allowed the dog to run out of the home, and in our direction.
“Tamara then used this time to shut and lock the door, preventing us from coming inside and disregarding my instruction to come outside.
“Fearing that Tamera would attempt to flee or grab a weapon, and having felony criminal charges, I kicked the front door of the residence open. Tamara was placed in handcuffs and then refused to walk with me, or get up off the sofa she was on. She initially refused to put her hands behind her back, as well.
“Based on these actions, I informed Tamara I would be potentially charging her with resisting arrest. Tamara told me to charge her, and that she was resisting. Tamara had to be physically removed from the home.
“While at my patrol vehicle, Tamara was searched. A small lighter was removed from her person. Tamara got upset at this, and spit at [the other deputy]. Both [that deputy] and I looked at Tamara for a brief second, shocked by her behavior.
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“Tamara then took this opportunity to spit on [the deputy] a second time, some saliva hitting him in the side of his face. Tamara committed two deliberate and separate actions of spitting on [the deputy].
“A spit hood was placed over Tamara’s face” — a spit hood on Tamara Hood — and she was taken to jail.
Hood, 60, was charged with domestic violence battery on a person 65 or older, two counts of battery on law enforcement, and resisting without violence, and she has been in jail ever since.
Hood faced a similar felony, 11 years earlier. The charge that time was aggravated battery on a person who was pregnant, or who the offender should’ve known was pregnant.
The arrest report was heavily redacted, but Hood spent 23 hours in jail and the case dragged on for 10 months. It ended when prosecutors announced, “There is insufficient evidence to prove the case beyond all reasonable doubt.”
Speaking of the dog, Hood was fined by the county $340 for four non-criminal violations: animal roaming at large, unvaccinated against rabies, nuisance, and being a dangerous or vicious animal.
The citation from Aug. 9 said the 59-year-old victim was walking dogs with his wife when “two dogs came off property and bit victim on right calf twice.”
It also said, “unwilling to cooperate,” “animal owner uncooperative,” and “unwilling/refused” to sign the citation.
The fine had not been paid, and was considered overdue, as of Monday.
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