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A California woman desperate to quit smoking has slapped a sheriff's deputy so she could be thrown in jail and unable to light up.
Etta Mae Lopez came up with the new way to beat her nicotine habit when she smacked Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputy Matt Campoy in the face as he walked out of the jail, where smoking is not allowed.
Mr Campoy grabbed Lopez and took her inside the jail, where she slapped his arm as soon as he turned her loose.
Once she was handcuffed, the 5ft 1in Lopez told Mr Campoy she picked him because he was in uniform and she wanted to make sure she struck a law enforcement officer.
"She waited all day for a deputy to come out because she knew if she assaulted a deputy she would go to jail and be inside long enough to quit her smoking habit," Mr Campoy told The Sacramento Bee newspaper.
The deputy said he tried to sidestep Lopez as he left the jail through the usual gathering of family members who linger outside the facility a few blocks from the state Capitol.
He said: "I stepped to the left again and she suddenly stepped into me and slapped my face."
Lopez, 31, pleaded no contest to misdemeanour battery on a peace officer and was sentenced to 63 days in jail.
She also was sentenced to five days for violating her probation from a 2010 drunken driving conviction.
Among the conditions included in her sentence: an order to have no contact with deputies.
Woman Slaps Deputy To Break Her Smoking Habit
A California woman desperate to quit smoking has slapped a sheriff's deputy so she could be thrown in jail and unable to light up.
Etta Mae Lopez came up with the new way to beat her nicotine habit when she smacked Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputy Matt Campoy in the face as he walked out of the jail, where smoking is not allowed.
Mr Campoy grabbed Lopez and took her inside the jail, where she slapped his arm as soon as he turned her loose.
Once she was handcuffed, the 5ft 1in Lopez told Mr Campoy she picked him because he was in uniform and she wanted to make sure she struck a law enforcement officer.
"She waited all day for a deputy to come out because she knew if she assaulted a deputy she would go to jail and be inside long enough to quit her smoking habit," Mr Campoy told The Sacramento Bee newspaper.
The deputy said he tried to sidestep Lopez as he left the jail through the usual gathering of family members who linger outside the facility a few blocks from the state Capitol.
He said: "I stepped to the left again and she suddenly stepped into me and slapped my face."
Lopez, 31, pleaded no contest to misdemeanour battery on a peace officer and was sentenced to 63 days in jail.
She also was sentenced to five days for violating her probation from a 2010 drunken driving conviction.
Among the conditions included in her sentence: an order to have no contact with deputies.
Woman Slaps Deputy To Break Her Smoking Habit
