Overview
- Officials report a Segurança Presente patrol intervened in Japeri after finding a woman allegedly assaulting a 58-year-old man on Rua Sheik Rejane.
- Video circulating on social media shows the woman striking two patrol officers before being immobilized on the ground.
- Authorities say the incident stemmed from a relationship dispute in which the woman allegedly demanded money and the man refused.
- All involved were taken to the Policlínica de Japeri for care and then to the Institute of Legal Medicine for exams, with the case initially sent to the 63rd Police Station.
- O Globo reports the Civil Police later said she was booked in flagrante at the 55th Police Station and the case was forwarded to the courts, and the outlet identifies her as Mariana Leal, with family saying she is being held pending a custody hearing.