COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – A woman was arrested last week after she spat in the face of a school campus monitor in Coconut Creek, authorities said.
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According to an arrest report obtained Monday by Local 10 News, the incident occurred Monday, March 10, at Lyons Creek Middle School, located at 4333 Sol Press Blvd.
Coconut Creek police said Natasha Gomez, 35, of Tamarac, who previously worked at the school, pulled into the parking lot around 11:45 a.m.
The campus monitor, identified as Tobias Simpkins Jr., told officers that the glare of the sun on the car’s windshield prevented him from identifying the driver, so he then looked closer at the driver’s side of the vehicle.
According to the report, Gomez then stepped out of her vehicle and repeatedly asked Simpkins if he had a problem with her.
Police said Simpkins told Gomez that she was the one who had a problem, at which time she called him names, although he couldn’t remember the names she called him.
According to the report, Gomez yelled at Simpkins, told him she wanted to fight his aunt and then proceeded to spit in his face.
Police said Simpkins then removed himself and notified his boss about what had happened.
Gomez was arrested Thursday on a charge of battery on a school employee.
A motive for the alleged incident was not mentioned in the arrest report and it’s unclear why she had driven to the school.
As of Monday afternoon, Gomez was no longer appearing in the online jail database.
In an email to Local 10 News Monday, Gomez claimed that Simpkins has bullied her 13-year-old nephew and has antagonized her, telling her that his aunt would beat her up.
She said she eventually left the school due to his bullying.
Local 10 News has reached out to the school district for comment.