Pedi problems: Woman threatens nail salon workers with pen, deputies say

ORLANDO, Fla. -- (WKMG) -- A woman threatened and bit an Orange Blossom Trail nail salon employee Monday after the technician did not understand her request during a pedicure, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Louise Bortugno, 36, was at OBT Nail Salon getting a pedicure when deputies said she asked the woman to scrape her feet. The employee did not speak English and directed Bortugno to speak to the manager, according to the arrest report.

Witnesses said Bortugno began yelling at the employee, "Are you retarded?" The manager came over and asked Bortugno to not speak to her employee that way. Bortugno lashed out hitting and biting the manager, deputies said.

When deputies arrived Bortugno was threatening everyone in the salon with a pen, saying, "She was going to kill (them) all." She also threw nail supplies at the employees, according to the arrest report.

Bortugno told deputies that the salon employees attacked her. Deputies said the salon manager defended herself out of fear for her safety and the safety of others in the salon.