Woman arrested after getting into fight with trooper at DMV

Incident happened Thursday in Deerfield Beach

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. ā€“ A woman was arrested Thursday after getting into a physical altercation with a Florida Highway Patrol trooper at a Division of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles location in Deerfield Beach.

Eleanore Stern, 31, faces one count of resisting arrest without violence.

Local 10 News receivedĀ cellphone video of the incident, which shows a woman kicking the officer before he throws her to the floor.

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The trooper falls to the floor at one point and then pulls the woman into a back room.

According to an FHP representative, Stern got into an argument with some examiners at the DMV at 100 S. Military Trail and they asked the trooper to remove her from the building.

Authorities said Stern started fighting the trooper as he attempted to have her leave the building.

According to the arrest report obtained Saturday by Local 10 News, Stern kept kicking and cursing at the trooper throughout the ordeal.

Stern was released from jail on a $100 bond. She did not answer the door at her home Saturday.


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Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.

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