{"id":2438454,"date":"2025-05-23T14:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-haired-33-year-old-charged-with-multiple-crimes-after-being-triggered-by-elderly-mans-maga-hat-police\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T14:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:55:38","slug":"blue-haired-33-year-old-charged-with-multiple-crimes-after-being-triggered-by-elderly-mans-maga-hat-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-haired-33-year-old-charged-with-multiple-crimes-after-being-triggered-by-elderly-mans-maga-hat-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue-Haired 33-Year-Old Charged with Multiple Crimes After Being Triggered by Elderly Man\u2019s MAGA Hat: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblue-haired-33-year-old-charged-with-multiple-crimes-after-being-triggered-by-elderly-mans-maga-hat-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2438454&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Florida woman, Laura Elizabeth Garrett, 33, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-dead-several-injured-after-car-strikes-crowd-in-texas\/\" title=\"1 dead, several injured after car strikes crowd in Texas\">faces multiple charges<\/a> after allegedly assaulting a 72-year-old man wearing a &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; hat in a park in Largo, Florida. the incident occurred on a Tuesday when Garrett reportedly struck the man with a can and then attempted to flee. Witnesses confirmed the account, leading to her arrest. During her apprehension, Garrett resisted arrest, causing injury to an officer. She has been charged with battery against a person over 65, battery on a law enforcement officer, and resisting arrest. Garrett has admitted to instigating an argument over politics but denied hitting the victim with the can. After being booked into jail, she was released the following evening. This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >incident highlights ongoing tensions surrounding political symbols<\/a> and expressions in public spaces.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Florida woman faces numerous charges after she allegedly assaulted a man wearing a Make America Great Again hat.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Elizabeth Garrett, 33, reportedly attacked the 72-year-old man at a park in Largo, Florida, on Tuesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/florida-woman-strikes-man-maga-hat-largo-park-before-battering-officer-documents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTVT-TV<\/a> in Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;During the altercation, the defendant struck the victim on the back of the head\/shoulder area with a can she was holding. She then jumped over a fence and began walking away. This incident was witnessed by an independent witness, who later provided a sworn statement,&rdquo; an arrest affidavit said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/florida-woman-attack-maga-hat-72-man-police-2076347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Florida woman charged after allegedly attacking 72-year-old man in MAGA hat.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Garrett, 33, was arrested by the Largo Police Department for battery on a person over 65 years old, battery on a police officer, and obstructing or resisting an officer without violence, according&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pk8QeZO3YH\">pic.twitter.com\/pk8QeZO3YH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectionWiz\/status\/1925867832908079380?\">May 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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cap in a supermarket when a stranger socked him in the mouth, according to a statement from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=855566800082102&amp;set=a.237310208574434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bath Village Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBathVillagePoliceDept%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0bUspPMiMd6DzPM6zZzs9Zn5uxgamUvqMChxWboAgiwLDxsjTRFG3g2tKvwsvZYJdl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"497\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Robert Yott, 60, started arguing with the Trump supporter inside a Tops Friendly Markets in Bath, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-yorkers-cheer-ice-rounds-criminal-illegals-democrats-defend-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the disagreement became anything but friendly when police said Yott started beating the man, who walked away with a bloody mouth and broken teeth.<\/p>\n<p>Yott was charged with Assault in the Second Degree and Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Laura Elizabeth Garrett, 33, reportedly assaulted the man at a park in Largo, Florida. According to WTVT-TV in Tampa Bay, she struck him with a can and then attempted to flee over a fence. An independent witness observed the incident and provided a sworn statement. Garrett has been charged with battery against an elderly person, battery on a police officer, and resisting arrest without violence. She admitted to arguing with the victim about President Trump but denied hitting him with the can. During her arrest, she resisted by dropping her weight and wrapping her legs around an officer&#8217;s leg, causing him to fall and injure his knee. After being booked into jail that day, she was released the following night. 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