West Palm Beach, FL – A 74-year-old grandmother on her way to New York for the Passover holiday was arrested at Palm Beach International Airport, after she refused to be screened and pushed a deputy.
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Elena Reichman of Boca Raton refused a screening and argued with Transportation Security Administration staff.
After a deputy asked her to calm down and lower her voice, Reichman placed her hands on deputy Margaret Picerno and pushed the law officer, that’s when Picerno put Reichman in a chair and handcuffed her, she was placed in Palm Beach County Jail on $3,000 bail.
Reichmans daughter, Mirona Mandel, said she was in shock, she said her mother left two short phone messages with relatives, one in Yiddish and another in English, apologized for being late and said she had been arrested shortly after she attempted to undo a safety pin in her pants.
This is so crazy, Mandel said. You close your eyes and think its a … nightmare and its Passover. [PalmBeachPost]