Barbara Newman turned 57 Wednesday, but it was not a happy birthday.

The suburban Boynton Beach woman was arrested after she allegedly twice punched a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy in the chest.

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Newman is facing a charge of battery on an officer and was released Thursday from the Palm Beach County Jail after posting a $3,000 bond.

A deputy was finishing paperwork on another call at Delray Marketplace at 14851 Lyons Road west of the city when he was approached by Newman’s husband, who said he couldn’t find his wife, according to an arrest report.

Deputies found Newman, who was "unsteady on her feet" and reacted to being located with a volley of obscenities. The woman’s husband said he had never seen his wife act in such a manner in 25 years of marriage.

Newman was acting so strangely that a Palm Beach County Fire Rescue crew was called, the deputy wrote in the report.

As they waited for fire rescue, Newman allegedly punched the deputy once in the chest. Told she would be arrested if it happened again, Newman hit the deputy again.