MO Woman Charged with Burning Officer with Cigarette at Traffic Stop

A St. Louis County, MO, woman burned an officer with a cigarette during a Wednesday traffic stop, charges say.

The woman was charged Thursday with felony counts of assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest.

As other officers took her into custody, the woman laughed about burning Normandy Officer Charles Messmer, charges say. She was jailed in lieu of $40,000 cash-only bail.