Inset: Linda Frenier (Orange County Jail). Background: A Walmart successful Apopka, Fla. (Google Maps).
An octogenarian Florida pistillate was precocious arrested for a parking batch fracas astatine a Walmart that progressive her slapping different operator successful the face, according to Sunshine State instrumentality enforcement.
Linda Montan Frenier, 80, stands accused of 1 number each of robbery via abrupt snatching, a felony, and battery, a misdemeanor, according to Orange County tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime.
The underlying incidental occurred connected June 30, astatine the Walmart connected South Orange Blossom Trail successful Apopka, a medium-sized municipality located successful the broader Orlando metro area.
On the day successful question, an serviceman arrived astatine the parking batch successful effect to a telephone astir a battery, according to an apprehension affidavit.
"I met with the unfortunate who was lasting by her vehicle," the serviceman wrote successful the instrumentality enforcement narrative. "The unfortunate stated that she was driving northbound done the Walmart parking lot. The unfortunate had stopped astatine the halt motion straight down Linda Frenier's conveyance to cheque her phone's GPS for directions. While astatine the halt sign, Frenier attempted to reverse retired of her parking spot and struck the passenger-side doorway of the victim's vehicle."
But the suspect did not apologize for the mishap, the alleged unfortunate said. Instead, she appeared to blasted the different driver.
Frenier "exited her conveyance and started cursing" astatine the different operator and her brother, according to the affidavit. Then, the different operator got retired of her car arsenic good – asking the suspect to calm down and supply her security for the crash. These requests allegedly acceptable the suspect disconnected again.
"Frenier said, 'I'm not giving you s–––, b––––,'" the officer's communicative continues. "The unfortunate tried to calm down Frenier and proceeded to locomotion distant from her. Frenier approached the unfortunate and got successful her look and made a motion arsenic if she was going to deed the unfortunate successful the face. Frenier past slapped the unfortunate connected the near broadside of her look without her permission."
After the alleged slap, Frenier allegedly grabbed the different woman's cellular telephone retired of her close hand, the affidavit claims.
"After Frenier grabbed the cellphone, she threw it crossed the street, temporarily depriving the unfortunate of its use," the tribunal papers goes on. "The unfortunate wished to prosecute."
Then, the responding serviceman spoke to a 3rd woman, a witness, who said she watched the altercation unfold from adjacent Steak 'n Shake.
The serviceman wrote that the witnesser said "she saw Frenier slap the unfortunate crossed the face, snatch her phone, and propulsion it crossed the street."
Finally, the serviceman went to talk with the suspect astir the incident. She allegedly confessed aft being Mirandized.
"Frenier advised that she knew what she did was wrong," the affidavit reads. "Frenier admitted to slapping the victim, grabbing her phone, and throwing it. Frenier stated that the unfortunate got her upset and was getting successful her face."