An Indiana mother who brutally attacked her 13-year-old son’s bully on a school bus has been arrested and is facing several charges.
36-year-old Latea Hentz now faces battery and criminal trespassing charges after she allegedly stormed onto the bus in Indianapolis with her 17-year-old daughter and son.
On the morning of March 6, Hentz was allegedly caught on video telling her kids to ‘beat his a**, beat his a**’ before she hit the eighth-grader and pulled his hair, as per Fox 59.
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The IndyStar reported that the supposed 14-year-old bully was later taken to the hospital and is suffering from a fractured nose, as well as bruising and an injured eye.
Reports indicate that all of Hentz’s family members were detained by cops before being charged with misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct, while Latea had additional charges of intimidation, criminal confinement and criminal trespassing.
Hentz first got on the bus with her two kids and began to scream, ‘I’m going to tear this up.’
After the driver of the bus spotted the Indiana mother now arrested onboard, he informed her that parents were not allowed and called the authorities for assistance.
Hentz’s daughter allegedly turned to her brother and asked, “Which one is it?” before telling him to “take off his coat”—a signal that seemingly set things in motion.
Moments later, he began to fight another student, as per IndyStar.
According to court documents, the two boys went at it before his sister jumped in as well.
Meanwhile, Hentz got into a heated argument with the bus driver, then turned to the student involved in the fight and shouted, “You’re not going to touch my son again.”
As she stepped off the bus, the 36-year-old mother allegedly addressed the rest of the kids onboard, saying, “I’m tired of you b* a** kids. Anybody want to get active?”** Her words only added to the chaos, according to witnesses.
She later told police she had confronted the eighth-grader because of an “ongoing bullying situation” between him and her son.
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According to court records, her son claimed the older boy had been picking on him for weeks, despite his repeated reports to school administrators.
Hentz also told police that the 13-year-old had been slapped in the face by the older student, according to Law & Crime.
However, the eighth-grader had a different version of events, saying he was simply taking a seat on the bus when his hand accidentally brushed against Hentz’s son’s face or hair—which, he said, led to the 13-year-old grabbing him.
While the eighth-grader admitted to teasing and joking around with Hentz’s son, he denied ever physically harming him.
His mother, however, claimed it was actually the arrested Indiana woman’s son who had been the bully, claiming he had reportedly made racist comments toward her son, as she mocked his Mexican heritage.
The 14-year-old said the real issue was Hentz’s son’s “racist jokes” and comments about ICE, which had upset him.
According to court records, Hentz was not in custody as of Wednesday.
