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Uploaded: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 1:56 PM
Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 11:29 AM
Woman attacks her supervisor at laundry
Suspect allegedly smashes woman's face into washing machine
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A woman was arrested last week for allegedly bashing another woman's head into a washing machine repeatedly, according to police.
The suspect, an employee at Fresho Laundry on West El Camino Real, reportedly punched one of her supervisors on Feb. 22. Allegedly, she then took the supervisor by the hair and banged her head against the window portion of a washing machine multiple times, said Sgt. Sean Thompson, public information officer for the Mountain View Police Department.
Another supervisor, the victim's mother, called the police, Thompson continued. After officers arrived, the suspect attempted to attack the victim again, and had to be restrained by officers, Thompson said.
Marie Jenkins, 56, of Palo Alto, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon (the washing machine), and interfering with the duties of a police officer.
Thompson said it was unclear what the motive was for the attack.
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Posted by Marie, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood, on Feb 26, 2013 at 2:24 pm I never thought of a washing machine as a deadly weapon
Are laundromats regulated under assault weapon bans?
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Posted by Wo\'O Ideafarm, a resident of another community, on Feb 27, 2013 at 4:22 pm
Wo\'O Ideafarm is a member (registered user) of Mountain View Online I'd like to know what she did to get charged with "interfering with the duties of a police officer". Another newspaper reported that she was charged with "disobeying a lawful order".
MVPD is fond of this idea that a police officer can issue a lawful order. There is NO SUCH THING as a lawful order. No member of the exectutive branch of government, right up to the President of the United States, can issue an order to a private citizen. That kind of system is called a dictatorship.
The phrase "lawful order" originates in the military context. It is sometimes used, with questionable applicability, to refer to a court order. It is NEVER appropriate when applied to anything that a peace officer utters.
The only significant difference between a peace officer and a private citizen is that the peace officer is an officer of the court and thus can initiate the Court's process. Translation: A peace officer can fill out a Notice to Appear form and ask you to sign it, and a peace officer can file a criminal complaint with the Court. That is the only significant difference.
A peace officer does not have significantly more authority to make an arrest than you do, and a peace officer cannot, except in narrow, particular circumstances described in law, order anyone around.
MVPD: Stop acting as of you are above the law, as if you ARE the law.
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