Michelle Anglin

37-year-old Michelle Anglin, a police officer with the Bronx Transit District 12 in New York, was arrested and stripped of her shield after attacking a driver, Marlon Smith, because his car door blocked her path. According to the criminal complaint, Anglin and another off-duty female transit officer, Koleen Robinson, sprayed Smith with mace, beat him with a baton and hit him in the head with a gun. Smith needed 25 staples to close lacerations on his head.¹

Fast Facts

1. Age 37 at time of incident¹
2. Height: 5'5"²
3. Weight: 138 pounds²
4. Joined the police department in January 2005²
5. Worked for the Bronx Transit District 12 in New York City
6. Date of attack: Saturday, August 16, 2008
7. Allegedly attacked Marlon Smith
8. Altercation occurred after Smith's open car door blocked the path of the Chevrolet Suburban that Officer Robinson was driving
9. The two were not on duty at the time of the incident²
10. The officers are accused of beating Smith with a baton, hitting him with the gun, pointing the gun in his face and spraying him with mace¹
11. Both officers suspended and stripped of their weapons
12. Both charged with gang assault
13. Anglin's bail was $25,000 and Robinson's was $10,000²

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