Police officers are regularly targeted with a hail of vulgarities and insults directed at them by handcuffed suspects.

But a South Carolina sheriff’s deputy was subjected to an unmatched indignity last night after collaring a “severely intoxicated” Melissa Nava for disorderly conduct.

Nava, 33, was discovered stumbling down a Spartanburg road, where she was “nearly hit several times” as she weaved in and out of traffic. After being handcuffed, Nava, pictured at right, struggled with deputies as they attempted to stuff her into a squad car.

According to a Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office report, Nava screamed and shouted obscenities and she continued to resist getting into the cruiser. After spitting at Deputy Michael Walsh, Nava allegedly made matters even worse. 

“Fuck you, Justin Bieber,” she bellowed at the cop.

Walsh, surely offended by the comparison, retrieved a “spit hood” and placed it over Nava’s head (she was then transported to the county jail). Bond has not been set for Nava, who was charged with disorderly conduct and throwing bodily fluids.

In an e-mail, a sheriff’s spokesperson noted that Walsh “does not bear any physical resemblance" to the 19-year-old Bieber, adding that Nava’s comparison was likely “just another indicator of how intoxicated” she was.