MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A 26-year-old woman, who is listed as homeless in her arrest report, was taken into custody Monday afternoon after police said she allegedly battered a senior couple in Miami Beach.
According to the report, Thalia Rodriguez was taken into custody by the Miami Beach Police Department following a disturbance call near the 400 block of Euclid Avenue.
The report states officers initially responded around 1 p.m. to a call about a “suspicious person causing a disturbance outside a business.”
When Miami Beach police arrived at the scene, they said the individual had left the area, but they recovered belongings, including a wallet containing a Florida driver’s license identifying Rodriguez.
While canvassing the area, an officer spotted a woman matching the description involved in a physical altercation with Jeanne and Richard Korman near 1000 Fifth St., according to the report.
Officers then separated the individuals and detained Rodriguez pending an investigation.
According to the report, the victims told officers they were walking into a business for an appointment when Rodriguez approached them from behind, called 80-year-old Jeanne Korman a w----, and then slapped her in the face.
Police said Richard Korman intervened to protect his wife, and a struggle with Rodriguez ensued, the report states.
“She (Rodriguez) wasn’t going to get to swing another time. I figured the easiest way to get her down was to grab her by the hair,” he said.
Investigators said Jeanne Korman suffered a superficial cut to her lip, while Richard Korman had minor scratches to his face. Both were treated at the scene and declined to be transported to the hospital.
Jeanne Korman told Local 10’s Rosh Lowe on Tuesday that she was heading to the lab for blood work when she and her husband of 55 years were attacked.
“She took her first and hit me right in the face,” she said. “My husband said he saw my head move.”
A witness and surveillance video from the building corroborated the victims’ accounts, according to the report.
A motive for the attack remains unclear at this time.
Jail records show Rodriguez is facing two counts of battery on a person 65 years or older.
Records show she was released from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $20,000 bond. A judge also placed her on house arrest.
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