A Florida woman allegedly struck a neighbor with a hammer during a property line dispute last week, authorities said.
Kelly Figueroa of Spring Hill, just north of Tampa Bay, was hammering down stakes on her property Dec. 29 in preparation to install a fence just before the conflict, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said in an arrest affidavit obtained by FOX Orlando.
When deputies arrived, Figueroa, 58, said she had been involved in several incidents with her neighbor amid an ongoing property line dispute. She said she was placing the stakes in her backyard when her neighbor approached and pushed her.
She said the neighbor’s injuries “would have occurred while she worked in her own yard and her allegations were false,” the affidavit said.
Figueroa is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and was released from jail after posting a $5,000 bond.
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
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