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Elderly woman, 79, arrested, jailed after minor dust-up at Alabama council meeting
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1:25Now PlayingAn elderly woman was arrested at her Alabama home and taken to city jail a day after she lambasted the small-town mayor and argued with a city employee at a council meeting.
Novilee Williams, 79, was charged with disorderly conduct and harassment after a testy exchange during the Dec. 4 meeting’s public comment portion, which was filmed and later posted to the city’s Facebook page.
“That’s a pity and a shame,” Tarrant Councilwoman Veronica Bandy Freeman told AL.com, who the outlet says burst into tears upon hearing of Williams’ arrest.
“And I feel so bad. That could be somebody’s grandmama, great grandmama.”
In the video, Williams can be seen in a mostly empty council chamber sitting behind a woman identified as Shayla Myricks, an accountant for Tarrant, Ala., a small city of around 6,000 residents just outside of Birmingham.
As Williams strongly criticizes Tarrant Mayor Wayman Newton, accusing him of engaging in corruption over the recent suspension and reinstatement of Tarrant Police Chief Wendell Major, Myricks repeatedly turns in her seat to challenge the septuagenarian’s assertions.
“Turn around, honey,” Williams chides Myricks at one point in the video.
Seconds later, Myricks again turns to face Williams and gestures with her hand, which Williams lightly pushes away as she repeats her demand that she turn around.
“Don’t put your hands on me, ma’am,” Myricks can be heard saying in the video.
According to AL.com, that physical contact led Myricks to file misdemeanor charges against Williams, which alleged she “did engage in fighting and threatening behavior in a public place.”
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