DELRAY BEACH, Fla — A woman is accused of cutting power cords to city-installed Christmas lights in Delray Beach.
Rosenie Cinada was charged with criminal mischief (vandalism over $1,000) and battery on a law enforcement officer.
Police say they spotted her around 11 a.m. on Dec. 15, cutting cords to holiday lights and year-round decorative lights along West Atlantic Avenue.
"When officers told her to put down the knife, Cinada placed the weapon in her pants, kept her hand in her pocket and started walking towards an officer," the Delray Beach Police Department wrote in a Facebook post. "After refusing the drop the knife, another officer deployed his taser on Cinada."
While being checked out at the hospital afterward, authorities say Cinada kicked a crime scene investigator.
Officers say they determined "dozens" of cords for lights had been cut.
According to Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office records, her bond was originally set at $3,000. She was released on Dec. 16.
