Lee County deputies arrested a nine-year-old girl after they say she threw pieces of asphalt at a school bus and then threw a metal chair at a deputy.
Monday, just before 3:00 p.m., the Lee County Sheriff's Office was called to help out after a student from the Royal Palm Exceptional Center had jumped off the school bus near the intersection of Kingston Drive East and Atlanta Avenue in Fort Myers.A release from the sheriff's office states the girl (whose name has been redacted) jumped off the bus after spitting at staff members and becoming aggressive.After getting off the bus, according to the release, the girl started to pick up large pieces of broken asphalt and throw them at the bus.One piece struck the windshield where the driver was sitting and a deputy responding to the scene saw it happen.
After seeing the deputy, the student began walking from the scene and the deputy followed.The report states that she walked into a nearby yard where she picked up and threw a metal chair hitting the deputy.
When the deputy reached the student and told her she was under arrest, the report states that the girl resisted by kicking and attempting to push the deputy.She was taken into custody with no injuries to her or the deputy.
Due to the nature of the incident, detectives with Youth Services and the Major Crimes Unit responded to the scene to investigate.The girl was booked into the Lee County Jail and charged as follows:
• Battery on a Public School Employee, in violation of F.S.S. 784.041 (2a)• Throwing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle in violation of F.S.S. 790.19• Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer in violation of F.S.S. 784.07 (2b)• Resisting with violence in violation of F.S.S. 843.01