Patrick Riley

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A New York woman drove her car into a canal Wednesday night, ran around naked in the roadway and slapped a deputy in North Naples, the Collier County Sheriff's Office reported.

Shemekiah Haughton, 23, was arrested and faces felony charges of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence. She was taken to the Naples Jail Center.

Deputies responded near Vanderbilt Beach and Airport-Pulling roads just before 7 p.m. after multiple callers said a vehicle had gone into the canal and a woman had gotten out and was "running in the roadway naked," an arrest report states.

Deputies reported finding the car fully submerged and Haughton sitting on the sidewalk under an umbrella with a passer-by in an attempt to cover her.

Haughton was unsure whether there were any other occupants in the car, so firefighters and deputies entered the water to look, the report states.

While medics were checking on Haughton, "she stood up and began to walk into traffic and was yelling about Satan and God," the report says.

A deputy then escorted Haughton to a patrol car and placed her in the back of it to wait for an ambulance and have her checked for injuries.

When deputies asked Haughton what her name was, she told them it was "Callie Malloy," the report states. Haughton told deputies "she had been with a man with dreads and that he drugged her." Then she stopped speaking and said she "had told too much."

Haughton did not remember what had happened during the crash and had no visible injuries, the report states.

First responders didn't find any other occupants in the car.

Deputies then covered Haughton with a blanket and started walking her toward the ambulance. But after they passed the second patrol car, Haughton stopped walking and asked deputies where they were taking her.

"I told her I was taking her to the ambulance, and she yelled no and pulled away from me, dropped the blanket and began to walk backwards into the road," the report states.

All northbound traffic was stopped because of the emergency vehicles.

After a deputy told Haughton to return and reached out to grab her and pull her back, she "open-hand shoved" the deputy and "continued to walk backward toward the median while still yelling and screaming about God and Satan," the report states.

When the deputy again reached toward Haughton, she began swinging with open hands and hit the deputy in the face and neck, ripping a badge off, the report states.

The deputy then charged toward Haughton and tried to take her to the ground, but she continued to slap at the deputy with open hands.

Finally, the deputy wrapped her arms around Haughton's neck and flipped her over her body and took her to the ground. Haughton continued to resist until a deputy said they had an electric stun gun ready. Then she stopped, the report states.

Haughton was taken to a hospital to be evaluated. Once she was medically cleared, she was taken to the Naples Jail Center.

Haughton's bail originally was set at $50,000, but then revoked, according to the jail. She had been out on bond on a grand theft charge from Dec. 2, according to Collier court records.