Mom allegedly attacks principal, superintendent after being called to school for daughter fighting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – A parent is accused of attacking two s at a middle school in Charlotte, North Carolina while she was at the school regarding her daughter’s involvement in a fight.
Records show Mariah Hector, 33, was arrested and released on bond. She was charged with assaulting a school employee and second-degree tresing.
The alleged assaults happened May 5 at Randolph Middle School in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District.
According to an affidavit, Hector and other family went to the school after her daughter called her to say she was involved in a fight.
As Hector spoke with school staff, she reportedly became hostile, and an employee asked her to leave.
Reports stated that Hector pushed past that employee and then shoved principal Jennifer Schroeder into a wall. After shoving Schroeder, Hector allegedly grabbed assistant superintendent Jennifer Dean “with both hands around her neck and attempted to choke her.”
Police said Dean did not lose consciousness but had a difficult time breathing and had visible signs of injury around her neck.
Authorities said that the school was placed on lockdown before Hector was taken into custody.
In addition to Hector’s arrest, a second person was charged with tresing at the school.
Records showed that Trinity Nixon, 20, was charged with second-degree tresing.
According to an affidavit, Nixon entered the school after she was told not to do so by a school employee. When she got in, she was accused of yelling and cursing.
Two weeks after the alleged assaults, principal Schroeder was suspended with pay. It’s unclear if the altercation with Hector had anything to do with it.
According to employment records released to WBTV, Schroeder was suspended on May 20.
In a message sent to families, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools said Schroeder would be “away from campus at this time,” adding, “we cannot provide information on the reason for the principal’s absence as this is a personnel issue.”
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