A woman was arrested in Miami after running over her own son with his truck when, in his intention to defend him, He tried to hit the kids he was fighting with.according to the police.
Quantavia Miltanise Samuel33 years old and born in Florida, was arrested this Monday on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated assaultaccording to the arrest report cited by local media.
Police said the incident occurred last Monday, around 6 pm, in the area of northwest 5th Avenue and 77th Street.
The boy studies at Jesse J. McCrary Jr. Elementary School, located at 514 77th Street in Northwest Miami, and when he returned home that afternoon after finishing classes, he realized that he had forgotten something. backpack.
Back at school, he said, he met other boys and a fight broke out. fight among them.
The boy managed to call his mother and told her that other minors, including one who was armed with a gun, were attacking him.
Police indicated that the woman arrived at the scene in her Toyota Rav4, approached the boys who were fighting and, When he tried to hit those who were attacking his son with the car, he ended up accidentally hitting him.
Samuel helped her son into the vehicle, while the other children fled on foot and she chased them home. She then called the police, according to the report.
The accused caused injuries to his son’s leg and hipwho was taken to the pediatric emergency room at Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment.
“According to the defendant, when she arrived at the aforementioned intersection area, she hit her son with the Toyota Rav4 truck she was driving,” the arrest report states. “When she was asked how she managed to hit her son with the vehicle, the defendant responded: ‘I was trying to get them off my son.’”
Samuel was taken to prison and appeared in court this Tuesday, formally charged with two felony counts of assault and battery. The judge imposed bail on him at $15,000.
Michael Vega, spokesman for the city of Miami police, ruled out that there was any weapon involved in the altercation between the minors.
“She wanted to hit these two kids,” Vega said. “This is what we say all the time, if there is a problem like this, the right thing would have been for her to call the police (…). “If we had been there, we would have avoided this.”
The Department of Children and Families began an investigation into the case.
