Marion County’s Madcap Mom: Drunken Brawl Leaves Neighbors Gobsmacked
It was a scene straight out of a reality show on Thursday, May 30 when Rosanna O’Day turned a quiet neighborhood into her personal stage for drama.
The night kicked off with O’Day already on police radar for causing a ruckus while under the influence. Just twenty minutes after officers left her apartment, they were back to break up a brawl that had drawn a crowd of curious onlookers.
O’Day, evidently not one to shy away from the spotlight, tried to snatch her two-year-old from her 14-year-old daughter, who heroically tried to keep her little sister out of harm’s way. Witnesses described a chaotic showdown as O’Day, in a drunken fury, juggled grabbing at the toddler and landing punches on her teen.
A witness noted O’Day was snatching the two-year-old while punching her teenager on the head with a closed fist. The witness intervened to save the toddler and defuse the fight.
As the Marion County Sheriff Deputies rolled in, O’Day played the victim card, pleading with the witness to tell the officers she was a good parent and that her teenager was just acting out. However, the smell of alcohol and her incoherent ramblings painted a different picture.
After denying the altercation and blaming it all on a “verbal disagreement,” O’Day was arrested and booked into the Marion County Jail for charges of Simple Domestic Battery.
