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Police say the woman who bit a tow truck driver and smashed the windows out of her SUV during a repossession previously drove a vehicle off a tow truck while only wearing a towel.An officer said in 2012 as the truck operator began to pull the Cadillac onto the bed of the wrecker, Smith came out of the home wrapped in the towel, and climbed in the rear door of the Cadillac and then over into the driver's seat.The officer said Smith started the car and gunned it in reverse several times until the towing cable broke and the car came off the back of the wrecker. Smith then circled several times looking for an escape route, but there wasn't one, so she drove through a fence at the back of the lot, the deputy said.In the most recent case on Sunday, the owners of Mission Towing and Recovery said Smith bit the tow truck operator while he was trying to get the SUV on the tow truck.Video of repossessionShe then jumped in the vehicle, tried to drive it off the truck and then started smashing out the windows with a tire iron, according to the owners.One of the owners, Kristina Ray, said she was watching from inside a car. "We knew she was going crazy cause she was already in the vehicle, she was spinning tires, blowing smoke. It was insane. Next thing you know the car jumps off the lift cause she's trying to get it off there. That was her goal," Ray said.Ray said when Smith started busting out the windows she thought it was gunshots. "It was terrifying," Ray said.The towing company owner gave video of the repossession to WYFF News 4.Police said they are looking for Smith on a charge of assault and battery in connection with this incident.The tow truck operator called police.According to a report, the tow truck operator had a bite mark on his arm that was indicative of a human bite.The report said Smith was uncooperative, and could not give her information to police or EMS and walked away before being fully questioned.The tow truck owners said other repo companies had been looking for the SUV.Records show Smith was arrested Tuesday morning, and is charged with third-degree assault and battery.