HADLEY, Mass. (WWLP) - A woman accused of using a swarm of bees to attack Hampden County, Massachusetts sheriff's deputies during a 2022 eviction was arrested in Kingsport, Tennessee, Thursday evening.

Rorie Susan Woods, also known as Rebecca Woods, 57, of Hadley, Mass. was taken into custody Thursday evening at a hotel in Kingsport after failing to appear in court for her trial in Massachusetts earlier this week, according to the Hampden County Sheriff's Department.

The Hampden County Sheriff’s Department states that on Oct. 12, 2022, at around 9:15 a.m., Woods pulled up to an ongoing eviction in Longmeadow in a blue Nissan Xterra. Woods left her dog in the car and immediately went to the beehives being towed by her SUV, and tried to open the lids to unleash the bees.

A sheriff’s deput

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