Woman’s quit-smoking plan: Hit a deputy, authorities allege
Authorities in Sacramento allege that a woman slapped a deputy as a way to go to jail and stop smoking.
On Friday, Etta Lopez was sentenced to 63 days in jail for battery of a peace officer. She pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge and was sentenced to jail time and three years of probation.
Sacramento County sheriff’s officials allege that Lopez attacked a deputy outside Sacramento County Jail, according to Fox 40.
Authorities said she admitted to investigators that she waited for hours to hit a deputy. She told police she did it because she wanted to go to jail, where she would not be allowed to smoke, officials added.
“All of a sudden, she stepped into me and slapped me in the face,” Deputy Matt Campoy told CBS 13. “She told us that she needed to quit smoking.”
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