Michelle Watson -- Mugshot Celebrity; Photo of Smiling Suspect in DUI and Cop Assault Goes Viral

Ray Stern November 23, 2011 8:07AM

Cops witnessed Watson driving recklessly near Prescott College on Grove Avenue before pulling her over, says the report. Once out of the vehicle, she began dropping f-bombs and screaming at the officers, then resisted their efforst to cuff her, kneeing one officer in the groin as he grabbed her purse.

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Police had to restrain her legs to stop her from kicking a patrol car. Then, at the police station, Watson smiled and gave two thumbs-up during her mug shot.

Now she's made the news from New York to London -- she's a crime-news Cover Girl.

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Ray Stern has worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He's won numerous awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club's Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism.

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