Florida mom arrested for allegedly throwing Gatorade in principal’s face During school break.
Diliana Quintana-Avila was charged on March 10 with battery on a school employee, disrupting an educational institution and resisting arrest without violence.
The 40-year-old mother, who attended Nolan Middle School in Miami Gardens, allegedly threw the contents of a Gatorade bottle into the face of Assistant Principal Tiffany Hayes, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by police. oxygen network.
Diliana Quintana Avila Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Hayes told police in her testimony that she had been at her post as school let out around 4 p.m. when she saw Quintana-Avila walking quickly toward her and the school entrance. Hayes said in the filing that she walked up to the Quintana Avila Hotel and asked, “How can I help you? Parents are not allowed in the building after 3:20 p.m.”
According to Hayes, Quintana-Avila made comments in Spanish and threw Gatorade in her face. The employee said in the document that she raised her hands twice to tell the mother to stop, but she was “combative” and entered the campus anyway.
Hayes said in her testimony that she tried to stop Quintana-Avila, who allegedly threw the drink in her face a second time.
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A responding officer wrote in the affidavit that he tried to verbally de-escalate the situation, but Quintana-Avila became “increasingly angry” and refused to produce her driver’s license.
As Quintana-Avila was escorted to the patrol car, the officer wrote in the affidavit, she became “physically resistant.”
“Miami-Dade County Public Schools is aware of an isolated incident that occurred after school at Nolan Middle School involving a parent and an administrator,” reads a district statement sent to Oxygen.com. “Miami-Dade School Police quickly made an arrest. The district takes the safety and well-being of its students and staff very seriously and remains committed to maintaining a safe school environment for all.”
Quintana-Avila was transported to Turner-Guilford Knight Correctional Center and has since been released. Quintana-Avila’s attorney did not respond to a request for comment. oxygen network.
Quintana-Avila later appeared before Judge Mindy S. Glazer, NBC 6 reported. It was unclear how she defended herself.
Judge Glazer had stern words for the mother, according to the outlet, reportedly saying: “I’m not ordering you to stay away from Nolan Middle School, I’m just asking that you behave like an adult and listen when people tell you you can’t come into school or you have to show ID.”