Police: School Bus Camera Catches Mom Beating Student
POSTED: Wednesday, December 15, 2004
UPDATED: 1:20 pm EST December 15,
2004
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. -- A Lake County mom convicted of simple assault after a school bus camera caught her beating a student who had gotten into a fight with her daughter didn't show up for her sentencing Tuesday.
PICTURES: Watch Our Blow-By-Blow Slideshow Of The FightThe video, which was recorded in October, shows three girls throwing punches at the back of a school bus as a woman in a white shirt, Rita Gooden, walks back.The camera shows Gooden push her daughter out of the way, then strike another girl, Cassandra Ross. Ross appears to be pinned to a back seat out of view of the camera as the apparent beating continues.Gooden walks off the bus in full view of the camera shouting, "One more time."Ross then walks up to the front of the bus and can be heard telling the driver, "I'm bleeding because of her. Look what she (expletive) did to me."Ross's mother was furious Gooden failed to show up for court."This woman's being charged with simple assault. There's nothing simple about it. She tried to kill my child," she said.Gooden faces up to a year behind bars. She reportedly defended her actions by saying she was protecting her child from a bully. 
Do You Believe Her?
Other Video Stories: Cameras Roll As Police Use Taser Gun, Pepper Spray To Subdue SuspectOther Slideshow Stories: Trapper Steps Over Sunbathing Students After Nabbing 8-Foot Croc In Campus Lake
| Video |
PICTURES: Watch Our Blow-By-Blow Slideshow Of The FightThe video, which was recorded in October, shows three girls throwing punches at the back of a school bus as a woman in a white shirt, Rita Gooden, walks back.The camera shows Gooden push her daughter out of the way, then strike another girl, Cassandra Ross. Ross appears to be pinned to a back seat out of view of the camera as the apparent beating continues.Gooden walks off the bus in full view of the camera shouting, "One more time."Ross then walks up to the front of the bus and can be heard telling the driver, "I'm bleeding because of her. Look what she (expletive) did to me."Ross's mother was furious Gooden failed to show up for court."This woman's being charged with simple assault. There's nothing simple about it. She tried to kill my child," she said.Gooden faces up to a year behind bars. She reportedly defended her actions by saying she was protecting her child from a bully. Do You Believe Her?Other Video Stories: Cameras Roll As Police Use Taser Gun, Pepper Spray To Subdue SuspectOther Slideshow Stories: Trapper Steps Over Sunbathing Students After Nabbing 8-Foot Croc In Campus LakeCopyright 2007 by Local10.com.
All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten
or redistributed.
The Florida Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence in a 1994 Broward County murder and ordered an acquittal in the case.
Paris Hilton arrives in a Miami courtroom Thursday after being named in a federal lawsuit involving one of her movies.
A baby boy comes into the world on a rare, twice-a-century alignment -- 12:34:56 on 07/08/09.
Two suspects were arrested and a Lauderhill pharmacy was closed down in an undercover investigation into the illegal sale of prescription medicines.
Two lawsuits are being filed to shut down a shantytown of sex offenders under and around the Julia Tuttle Causeway.
Several big construction projects are promising thousands of jobs for Miami area residents both during and after construction.
Noon news webcast for July 9, 2009
A new likeness of Michael Jackson is unveiled at Madame Tussaud's celebrated wax museum in London.
Watch in its entirety the Michael Jackson memorial from Staples Center in Los Angeles.
A Stillwater, Okla., mom gives birth to baby with a very rare birth date and time.
Since Michael Jackson died June 25, fans from around the world have expressed their grief in flowers, balloons, teddy bears, candles, pictures and handwritten notes left throughout the city.
Severe weather photos sent in by Local 10 viewers.
A man was caught on surviellance video stealing a purse from a woman's car as she pumped gas at a North Miami gas station Tuesday.
Email Alerts
RSS News Feeds
Mobile
Live Streams
Slideshows
Video
Search
