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Omolola Dawodu (Photo courtesy of the Broward Sheriff's Office / September 16, 2013)
Heather Carney
10:33 a.m. EDT, Septemb er 16, 2013
FORT LAUDERDALE—
A Maryland woman is being held on $2,825 bond after allegedly threatening and assaulting
two Broward Sheriff's deputies at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport,
officials said.
Omolola Dawodu, 36, of Baltimore, refused to comply when Deputy Karen LaRocca asked
her to move her vehicle from the curb at the airport, according to an arrest report.
The report says Dawodu approached LaRocca in a threatening manner, while yelling and
cursing at her, forcing LaRocca to back up and call for assistance.
The woman then became argumentative when deputies Tom Way and Alan Harris responded
to the scene and also asked her to move her vehicle, according to the report. Way told her he
would have to tow the vehicle, and she told him to "go ahead and tow it."
However, when Way opened the front, passenger door to conduct an inventory of the car's
contents, Dawodu pushed him and began cursing, the report states.
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"Deputy Way attempted to take her into custody at this time; she resisted, and a brief struggle
ensued where they both fell to the ground," according to the report. Harris then assisted with
the arrest, and after a prolonged struggle Dawodu was taken into custody.
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As a result of the incident, the report states, Way was transported to Broward Health with a
possible dislocated shoulder and Fire Rescue treated a cut on Harris' finger. Late Sunday
evening, Broward Sheriff's spokeswoman Dani Moschella said Way was treated at the hospital
for a bruised shoulder and was released.
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Dawodu was charged with battery on an officer, marijuana possession, possessing drug
paraphernalia, resisting an officer with violence, resisting an officer without violence, and
failing to obey police.
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She was booked into the North Broward Bureau Jail, according to jail records.
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At her first-appearance court hearing Monday morning, Dawodu told the judge she was in
town on a solo road trip.
"I just drove down yesterday," she said. "I wanted to spend the night and go home
tomorrow."
Dawodu did not say why she had been at the airport.
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jagentmike at 5:27 PM September 16, 2013
we grew up being taught to respect police officers, and to this day we still do.
Haeshu at 2:08 PM September 16, 2013
Resisting charge both with and without violence? Give me a break. Arrested for
disobeying a police officer? There are very few orders that a police officer can give you
that you have to obey. They are mostly centered around conducting their investigation
or preventing injury. Any other requests, such as show me your ID can be lawfully
ignored unless they can articulate reasonable suspicion to you (unless you are driving).
Requests that you assist in their investigation of someone else is also illegal - like did you
know/see/hear the person who just left here (however you cannot interfere by letting
that person hide in your trunk, for example).
In fact, the police will many times get your cooperation by lying to you and telling you
they are giving you a lawful order assisting with their investigation, then arrest you for
doing it. For example, they may ask you to go into a building to prove that a drug
dealer does not know you, then arrest you for trying to buy drugs. This is perfectly legal
in the state of Florida. Use common sense.
Whenever and wherever you may be confronted by the police, you always tell them
nothing except that you only communicate with them through your lawyer. Never
resist when being arrested and never cooperate with any unlawful requests (and don't
rely on the police to tell you what orders are lawful/unlawful - educate yourself).
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