A mother stormed onto her 13-year-old son’s school bus to confront a ‘bully’ before she was captured on video attacking the 14-year-old.
Latea Hentz, 36, has been hit with several charges, including battery and criminal trespassing, after she allegedly boarded the bus in Indianapolis with her son and 17-year-old daughter.
Hentz was allegedly filmed telling her kids to ‘beat his a**, beat his a**’ before herself punching the eighth-grader and pulling his hair on the morning of March 6, Fox 59 reported.
The 14-year-old was later taken to the hospital suffering from a fractured nose, as well as bruising and an injured eye, according to IndyStar.
All three family members were detained by police before being arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct, while Hentz was additionally charged with intimidation, criminal confinement and criminal trespassing.
Hentz initially got on the bus with her two kids and shouted, ‘I’m going to tear this up.’
As the mom boarded, the driver informed her that parents were not allowed and called for police assistance.
Her daughter allegedly asked her brother ‘which one is it’ before telling him to ‘take off his coat,’ prompting him to begin fighting the other student, IndyStar reported.
The two boys fought before his sister joined in, according to court documents, while Hentz argued with the bus driver and yelled at the student: ‘You’re not going to touch my son again.’
As Hentz left the bus she, allegedly told the children on board: ‘I’m tired of you b*** a** kids. Anybody want to get active?’
She then told police she had confronted the eighth-grader because of an ‘ongoing bullying situation’ between her son and the 14-year-old.
Her son told police in an interview that the eighth-grader had been bullying him for weeks, despite him informing school administrators, according to court documents.
Hentz told police that the 13-year-old had been slapped across the face by the older boy, according to Law & Crime.
The older boy claimed that he had gone to take a seat on the bus, and his hand had brushed against Hentz’s sons face or hair, prompting the 13-year-old to grab him, IndyStar reported.
The eighth-grader admitted to teasing and joking with Hentz’s son but denied causing any physical harm to him.
