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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Jacksonville mother was charged with child abuse after fighting a child at her daughter’s school while wearing a boxing glove.
Edith Riddle, 34, was arrested Thursday and charged with child abuse.
According to the arrest report, a school safety officer heard a “frantic” announcement over their school radio around noon that there was a fight underway outside the cafeteria.
When the officer arrived, they found that Riddle had gotten into a physical fight with a child unrelated to her. The victim was found with abrasions on her knees & forearms.
According to the police report, Riddle had just exited the school with her own daughter after a meeting with the vice principal about her 8th grader’s “hostile outbursts” at another student. Rather than leaving the campus after the meeting, Riddle’s daughter went to the cafeteria to start a fight with the other child.
Riddle’s daughter threw some punches on the victim before Riddle joined in, throwing punches herself. Riddle had a boxing glove on her hand when she arrived at the school & had told officials it was super glued to her wrist & unable to be removed.
The victim’s parent arrived at the school & told police she wanted to pursue criminal charges before taking the child to a nearby hospital.
Riddle was arrested & charged with one count of “child abuse with a personal/special weapon.”
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