November 2, 2022
Sting Operation: Woman Weaponizes Bees Against Cops
Written by Brandi Parish
A woman living two hours outside of Boston finds herself in a “sticky situation” after allegedly attacking Hampden County Sheriff’s Deputies with live bees.
55 year old Rorie Susan Woods returned home on October 12th to find officers serving an eviction notice at her residence. Woods left her dog in her vehicle, then began prying the lids off of the “manufactured bee hives” that she was towing.
Deputies attempted to intervene but moved away from the woman when her bees began to swarm. Woods then allegedly flipped one of the hives off her trailer, smashing the lid and sending the bees into a rampage.
Several officers were stung in the attack.
According to Deputies, Woods then donned a “professional beekeeper suit” and carried an entire beehive to her front door attempting to utilize the swarming insects as a force protection measure to stop the ongoing eviction.
Sheriff Nick Cocchi said the following in a statement:
“[Woods] put lives in danger as several of the staff on scene are allergic to bees. We had one staff member go the hospital and luckily, he was alright or she would be facing manslaughter charges. I support people’s right to protest peacefully but when you cross the line and put my staff and the public in danger, I promise you will be arrested.”
Woods, whose actions read more the villain’s origin story than a credible police report, was arrested on four counts of ‘assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon’ as well as several other lesser charges.
Chief Deputy of the Civil Process Office, Robert Hoffman said, “Never in all my years of leading the Hampden County Sheriff’s Civil Process Division have I seen something like this.”
Editor’s note: Interestingly enough, ancient Mayans were recorded to have used bees as a means of force protection as well. Records indicate that Mayans would build false guards — similar to scarecrows — around active bee and wasp hives. Invading forces would then attack the “guard”, disrupting or destroying the hive, and would then incur the wrath of the swarming, stinging insects, also giving away their position. So Woods isn’t entirely crazy.
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