A Clermont woman was arrested after lashing out at four LifeStream staff members attempting to inject her with court-ordered medication.
An officer responded to LifeStream, located at 2020 Tally Rd., when 67-year-old Daniela Saint-Fort hit and bit four staff members around 12 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department.
The first staff member advised that the nursing staff was trying to administer a court-ordered long-term injection to Saint-Fort. She refused and began resisting by scratching and biting them. They were eventually able to restrain her, but not before she left a three-inch red scratch on the staff member’s chest, the report said.
The second staff member was bitten on her left hand. Sant-Fort did not let go until other staff members intervened. She was left with a one-and-a-half-inch bit mark on the top of her left hand that looked red and was beginning to bruise, the report said.
The third staff member recalled how Saint-Fort became aggressive and raised her fists when told what to do. She struck the staff member on the right side of her face with a closed fist. This left her stunned, dazed and unable to assist any further with restraining Saint-Fort, the report said.
The fourth staff member stated she gave Saint-Fort her lunch tray with hot food. At some point during the altercation, she threw it back at the staff member, causing red marks on the left side of her neck and left arm, the report said.
When asked about the incident, Saint-Fort described sitting inside the common room where about 10 staff members approached her and told her she needed to be injected with medication per court order. She refused and believed she did not need it. She struck and bit the staff members as an act of self-defense, the report said.
She threw the lunch tray on purpose to stop the staff from injecting her. She did not target anyone individually and was trying to hit anyone attempting to restrain her, the report said.
Saint-Fort was ultimately arrested Tuesday on four counts of simple battery (law enforcement officer, firefighter, EMT, etc.). The native of Haiti was transported to Lake County Jail with bond set at $20,000.