Woman, 73, uses cherry Kool-Aid as a weapon

INDIANTOWN — A 73-year-old woman who apparently threw a bucket of cherry Kool-Aid on a man 13 years her senior narrowly avoided a trip to jail, according to a report.

The 86-year-old man identified as the victim told Martin County Sheriff’s deputies Jan. 12 that he and an 80-year-old friend were walking their dogs around his golf cart, a sheriff's report states.

The incident occurred about 7:20 a.m. in the area of Southwest Indianwood Circle and Southwest Warfield Boulevard in Indiantown.

The victim said the 73-year-old woman started yelling at him for smiling at her. He said the 73-year-old woman got a bucket “and threw red water on him.”

The victim said he didn’t want to press charges and wanted her to stay away.

The 73-year-old woman told deputies she threw the liquid, saying it was cherry Kool-Aid, a fruity beverage available in several flavors.

She told a deputy that the victim and his friend “smiled at her and she knows that they did it in a malicious manner.”

She said the victim “is always the one causing trouble for her so she threw the Kool-Aid on him,” the report states.

The report doesn’t state why the 73-year-old woman apparently was carrying a bucket of cherry Kool-Aid.