Female Magistrate Accused of Taking Restroom Photo, Trying to Bite Officer's Finger
A traffic magistrate with no history of attorney discipline in Florida has been arrested and charged with obstruction with violence after allegedly following a man into a courthouse restroom last week and photographing him with her cellphone as he stood at a urinal.
Rhonda Hollander, 47, then allegedly struggled with a female deputy who questioned her about the incident at the West Regional Courthouse in Plantation and tried to bite the officer’s finger, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.
Broward Sheriff’s Deputy Darlene Harden said in a written report that the attempted attack on her finger occurred as she was escorting both Hollander and the man who complained about the incident to an office in the courthouse. Hollander continued to snap photos, Harden said, and the magistrate tried to bite her finger when she pointed at Hollander and ordered her to stop taking pictures.
Hollander was also charged with two misdemeanors—assaulting an officer and resisting an officer without violence—and freed on $700 bail. She did not respond to the newspaper’s request for comment.
