Will Greenlee

will.greenlee@tcpalm.com

FORT PIERCE — Underwear typically is not used as a weapon.

But this is not a typical case.

A woman accused of apparently trying to choke a police officer with a “woman’s undergarment” was arrested, according to an affidavit.

Angel Muttlea, 21, was arrested by Fort Pierce police Oct. 30 in connection with the underwear imbroglio.

The incident at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute happened as an officer stood near a bathroom.

A woman later identified as Muttlea “threw over my head a black woman’s undergarment,” the affidavit states.

“The garment then went around my neck and she began to pull back obstructing my airway,” the affidavit states. “I fell back to the ground with Muttlea and the garment still wrapped around my neck.”

Muttlea dropped the undergarment, which appeared similar to a slip.

Then she ate a rubber glove that was on the ground.

Muttlea, of Fort Pierce, was arrested on charges including aggravated battery on officer and resist officer obstruct without violence charges.