Police said the suspect attacked two women near Millenia Boulevard before resisting officers and biting one during her arrest.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando police on Friday released body camera video showing a woman biting an officer during an arrest tied to a Feb. 23 road-rage confrontation near Millenia Boulevard and Millenia Plaza Way, where investigators said she attacked an older woman and another driver.
The video release pushed the case back into public view nearly a month after the arrest and added footage to allegations already tied to a busy shopping corridor near the Mall at Millenia. Police identified the suspect as Mandolyn Shaffer-Brockwell, 37. Investigators said the episode began as a driving dispute and escalated into assaults on two women before officers tracked down the suspect, tried to detain her and struggled to get her into handcuffs. The immediate stakes now center on the criminal case, the evidence captured on video and the charges filed after the confrontation.
Police said the incident unfolded shortly before noon on Feb. 23 in the area of Millenia Boulevard and Millenia Plaza Way. According to investigators, officers were sent there on a report of battery after a dispute between drivers. A woman later told police another driver repeatedly stopped short in front of her vehicle, then cut across lanes after she honked and tried to move away. Investigators said the suspect got out of her vehicle, climbed onto the hood of the other driver’s vehicle and opened the door. Police said the driver was then hit in the face during the confrontation. The case took another turn when a second woman, described in reports as older than 65, stopped to help. Authorities said she also was scratched and struck. Police Chief Eric Smith was not quoted in the released material, but officers in the bodycam footage can be heard giving repeated commands as they moved in to detain the suspect.
By the time officers found Shaffer-Brockwell, police said, they had a description of both her and her vehicle from the people involved. The bodycam video released Friday shows an officer trying to place her in handcuffs while telling her she was being detained for battery. As the officer worked to secure her arms, she pulled away and fought the restraint, police said. During the struggle, an officer can be heard shouting, “Don’t bite me,” as other officers rushed in to help. Investigators said she bit one officer on the arm and kicked another officer during the arrest. The edited police video also includes footage that appears to show the roadside confrontation before officers arrived. Even with the video public, some details remain unclear, including the full extent of any injuries to the victims and whether any of those injuries required longer medical treatment beyond the first response.
The case stands out partly because of where it happened. The roads around the Mall at Millenia are among the region’s busiest retail corridors, with heavy traffic feeding shopping centers, restaurants and nearby ramps. That mix often produces abrupt lane changes, backups and tense driving conditions, though police have not suggested that traffic itself excuses or explains the violence alleged here. Investigators said the first victim told officers she was pregnant and had a child in the vehicle at the time of the confrontation. That detail raised the seriousness of the encounter even though reports indicated the woman did not appear to suffer major visible injuries at the scene. The second woman’s effort to intervene also became central to the case because police said she was 67 or 68, placing the allegation under Florida’s enhanced protections for older victims. The release of police video Friday added visual evidence to an incident that previously had been known mainly through reports and booking records.
Shaffer-Brockwell was arrested on Feb. 23 and taken to the Orange County Booking and Release Center, according to police and booking reports cited by local media. The charges reported in the case include battery on a person 65 years or older, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, burglary of a conveyance with assault or battery, and resisting an officer with violence. Those allegations remain charges, not convictions, and the case will move through court before any final determination of guilt. Court scheduling details were not included in the material released Friday, and police did not announce a new hearing during the video release. What comes next is likely to include the normal pretrial process, possible review of the bodycam footage and any surveillance video, and further handling of the case in Orange County court. Prosecutors may also evaluate whether additional evidence, witness testimony or medical records affect how the charges proceed.
The video itself is tense and noisy, with officers speaking over one another as they try to control a suspect who keeps pulling away. One officer tells her, “You’re going to be detained until I determine otherwise,” before the struggle intensifies. The released footage does not present long interviews with victims, but the allegations described by police give the case a wider emotional frame than a routine resisting-arrest report. One woman was allegedly attacked while still in her vehicle. Another was allegedly hurt after stepping out to help a stranger at a red light. That combination of roadside violence, an older bystander and an officer injured during the arrest helped turn a local traffic dispute into a case police chose to highlight publicly with bodycam video. The public release also gave residents a closer look at how fast a traffic conflict in a crowded commercial district can spiral into a felony arrest.
The case remained active Friday, with the bodycam release serving as the latest public update. The next major milestone is expected to come in court as prosecutors and defense attorneys address the felony charges tied to the Feb. 23 confrontation.
Author note: Last updated March 20, 2026.