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Village of Glenbrook woman arrested at her home after skipping court date in McDonald’s sign-ramming case

A Village of Glenbrook woman spent Tuesday night in jail after she was arrested at her home after skipping a court date.

Catherine Ellen Johnson
Catherine Ellen Johnson

Catherine Ellen Johnson, 45, was taken into custody at 7:07 p.m. Tuesday by Sumter County sheriff’s deputies at her home on Addison Avenue. She was later transferred to the Lake County Jail where she was being held without bond.

A warrant was issued for her arrest after she skipped an arraignment that was to take place last week in Lake County Court.

She is facing charges of criminal mischief and battery on a law enforcement officer.

Last month, motorists in the parking lot of the McDonald’s restaurant on U.S. Hwy. 27/441 began calling Lady Lake police, reporting a red SUV driving “crazy through the parking lot,” according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department.

When an officer made contact with Johnson, she was “immediately argumentative,” the arrest report indicated.

She apparently drove across the median at U.S. Hwy. 27/441 and “purposely drove into the sign in front of McDonald’s.”

Damage to the sign was estimated at more than $15,000.

When an officer asked her why she had driven into the sign, she said she didn’t like McDonald’s. She also said she “drove into the sign intentionally due to her brother dying,” the report said.

After she was placed in the back of a patrol car, she was able to remove one of the handcuffs in which she had been placed. When an officer got Johnson out of the car to re-secure her, she kicked the officer in the right thigh.

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