PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police have arrested a local woman who allegedly dislocated an officer’s jaw and gouged her face during a violent confrontation outside a Panama City Beach convenience store, according to police records.
Maria Annalise Robinson, 56, was arrested Sunday outside the Express Lane, 17140 Front Beach Road, at about 12:30 a.m. A Panama City Beach Police officer responded to a report of a disorderly woman, but the officer would sustain a dislocated jaw and fingernail claws to her face while attempting to subdue the woman. Robinson also was left bloodied and in need of medical treatment by the end of the skirmish, PCBPD reported.
PCBPD was called to the Express Lane by a taxi driver with an irate fare in his cab. When Officer Casey Jones arrived, Robinson was standing in front of the convenience store screaming obscenities, police reported. After telling Robinson she could not scream obscenities in public and that she needed to go home due to her high level of intoxication, Robinson began to run away, according to the arrest report.
Jones said Robinson yelled, “I’m not going anywhere,” as she ran off, but returned when the officer told her she was under arrest for disorderly conduct.
“She then lifted her purse in her left hand and struck me on the right side of my face, causing my jaw to dislocate,” Jones reported. “I attempted to grab Ms. Robinson, and she continued to attempt to flee.”
Jones got a handcuff on Robinson’s left wrist and executed an arm-bar take-down when Robinson hit her face on the pavement, according to police records. The officer still couldn’t gain control of Robinson, though, she reported.
“Ms. Robinson rolled on top of me, grabbed my face with her hand and began to squeeze my face, causing her fingernails to break my skin, while screaming” a profanity, Jones wrote.
Several other firefighters and law enforcement officers arrived and overtook Robinson. They “relieved me and held Ms. Robinson while I stood up and popped my jaw back into place,” Jones reported.
Both were treated by EMS on the scene.
Robinson was taken to a local hospital for further treatment of injuries sustained in the incident before being taken to Bay County Jail. Robinson was charged with resisting arrest with violence, battery on a law officer and disorderly conduct. Her bond of $12,000 was posted Tuesday with a first arraignment on the charges scheduled for Dec. 16.