MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – An elderly woman said she and her husband were minding their business when another woman attacked her in a fit of rage.<\/p>\n
Jeanne and Richard Korman were walking through Miami Beach when another woman approached them, shouting harsh words at them.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said: \u2018You [expletive] whore\u2019 and she made a fist, and she clocked her right there,\u201d said Richard.<\/p>\n
The couple told 7News the woman then struck Jeanne across the face.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe hit me right here,\u201d said Jeanne.<\/p>\n
The 80-year-old woman was left with a busted lip as a result.<\/p>\n
The couple said they have no idea what sparked the sudden burst of rage.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe I smiled at her, and she didn\u2019t like it,\u201d said Jeanne.<\/p>\n
The suspect was later identified as 25-year-old Thalia Rodriguez.<\/p>\n
According to police, it began after they received reports of a suspicious individual in the area of the 400 block on Euclid Avenue.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe threw all of her belongings all over the place. We located two large knives, as well as what seemed to be evidence of marijuana,\u201d an officer told the judge during Rodriguez\u2019s bond court appearance on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
About 30 minutes after that encounter, Rodriguez allegedly encountered the elderly couple around 1000 Fifth Street.<\/p>\n
Jeanne told 7News that Rodriguez was behaving erratically the moment they spotted her.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s screaming and yelling and waving her arms, and cursing,\u201d said Jeanne.<\/p>\n
That was when Rodriguez suddenly decided to smack her across the face.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe just clobbered me,\u201d said Jeanne.<\/p>\n
Her husband quickly jumped into action, pulling the suspected attacker down to the ground.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was no way she was getting off that sidewalk,\u201d said Richard.<\/p>\n
The officer who responded to the initial call spotted the scuffle and placed Rodriguez under arrest.<\/p>\n
Cellphone video shows the moment Rodriguez was taken into custody.<\/p>\n
During her bond court hearing on Tuesday, the judge ordered Rodriguez to stay away from the elderly couple.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think she\u2019s a danger to the community,\u201d said Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Mindy S. Glazer. \u201cDo you understand the order, ma\u2019am?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I promise I\u2019ll stay away,\u201d Rodriguez told the judge.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez was charged with two counts of battery on a person 65 years or older.<\/p>\n
The Kormans told 7News that, despite the circumstances, it was fortunate it wasn\u2019t someone else who was attacked because they could\u2019ve been much more seriously hurt.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re relatively healthy 80, 79-year-old people, but if it had been someone frail, it could\u2019ve been much worse \u2019cause she hit me hard enough to just nearly knock me over,\u201d said Jeanne.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez was listed as being homeless in the arrest report, but her public defender stated that their client is not homeless and has family in the area.<\/p>\n
Her bond was set at $20,000. If she posts bond, she will be placed under house arrest between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.<\/p>\n
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