MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A Miami woman is facing a series of charges after Miami-Dade police accused her of trying to light another woman’s pickup truck on fire and then kicking an officer multiple times in the groin as she was being arrested.
A Miami-Dade police officer was dispatched just before 3 a.m. Monday to the Dadeland South Metrorail Station, located at 9150 S. Dadeland Blvd., after receiving a call of a violent dispute between two women.
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Police said a woman, who they identified as Miranda Ehren Graham, 46, lit a cigarette and placed it in the gas tank of another woman’s Dodge Ram pickup truck at a nearby Shell gas station, authorities said.
Police said a few minutes after that incident occurred, 911 dispatchers received another call that a woman wearing all black clothing who fit the description of Graham, attempted to gain entry into a nearby liquor store by kicking the door in.
Upon their arrival, police said asked Graham for identification and she instead ran towards the busway.
After advising Graham to stop, the responding officer took her to the ground to place her in handcuffs, according to her arrest report.
While attempting to take Graham into custody, she began to kick and strike the arresting officer numerous times in his groin area, the report stated.
Police said following the tussle, she was eventually carried to a police vehicle and placed in the backseat with leg restraints. Police said she spit on another officer in the cruiser.
Investigators said Graham, who lives in Miami’s Little River neighborhood, did not suffer any injuries during the incident and was transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where she is being held on a $21,000 bond.
She is facing three counts of battery on a police officer, two counts of resisting an officer with violence, one count of resisting arrest without violence and criminal mischief, jail records show.