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Toni Tramel, 31, was arrested Thursday for public intoxication in Owensboro, WYMT-TV reported, but it is what she did next which has attracted headlines..

As Tramel changed into an inmate uniform, she squirted a stream of breast milk into the face of the female deputy watching over her..

A press release from the Daviess County, Kentucky, Detention Center, said that after the deputy decontaminated herself from the "bio-hazard", Tramel was charged with third degree assault..

While the public drunkenness was merely a misdemeanor offense, the assault is a felony charge and a US$10,000 bond was set..

Reports of the case have sparked debates about whether using breast milk as a weapon should constitute a felony assault case, with many readers likening it to an accused person spitting on an officer..

Also sparking feedback has been the use of the term "bio-hazard" to describe breast milk..

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