{"id":266945,"date":"2026-05-11T18:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/266945\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T18:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:37:11","slug":"florida-woman-grabs-hits-deputy-during-arrest-in-florida-keys-mcso-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/266945\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida woman grabs, hits deputy during arrest in Florida Keys, MCSO says"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Florida<\/a> woman was arrested over the weekend after the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> said she grabbed and hit a deputy during a drug arrest.<\/p>\n

According to the MCSO, a deputy was patrolling Pine Channel Park on Big Pine Key jin the Florida Keys<\/a> just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday when they spotted a woman, who was later identified as Julie Marie Graham, 43, sitting on a park bench well after the park had been closed for the day.<\/p>\n

Next to her, the sheriff’s office said, was drug paraphernalia in plain view of the deputy.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said Graham, of Port Charlotte to the southeast of Tampa<\/a>, refused to provide her identification or follow basic commands. She tried to walk away from the deputy and then attempted to pull away and resist, the sheriff’s office continued.<\/p>\n

Deputies said that she grabbed and hit the deputy during the struggle to handcuff her, knocking the deputy’s glasses off.<\/p>\n

She was medically cleared at Lower Keys Medical Center on Stock Island near Key West<\/a> and was then taken to jail.<\/p>\n

She was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, tampering with evidence and being in a park after hours.<\/p>\n

There were no serious injuries reported.<\/p>\n

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