PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A Portland woman has been charged in federal court after allegedly hitting a federal officer with a tambourine outside the ICE facility in South Portland.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon, 56-year-old Lisa Miyamoto was arrested on Sunday, October 19 after she reportedly struck a federal officer with a wooden tambourine dear the ICE facility’s driveway. Officers had been deployed to clear the driveway for a car to exit when the Alleged assault happened.

According to court documents, the federal officer pushed Miyamoto away from the driveway with one hand and she responded by hitting him in the chest with the tambourine.

Miyamoto made her first court appearance Monday before a federal judge and was released pending further proceedin

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