Many thanks to Roughkat, who not only passed along this story from WESH.com in Orlando but also suggested a particular Wild player for the headline we ended up using. You can probably guess who he picked after you read this:

An 80-year-old woman went down swinging when a police officer tried to arrest her.A Tavares police officer pulled the woman over at the intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and Huffstetler Drive for an improper lane change.

Authorities said Thalia Logas refused to sign a ticket and punched the officer in the stomach and chest several times when he tried to place her under arrest.

The officer called for back up and a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy arrived.

The two officers said they finally got the handcuffs on her, and she managed to wiggle out of them and threw them out the window of the police car.

Awesome. By the way, there’s video at the aforementioned link.

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