PINECREST, Fla. — A 61-year-old woman was arrested early Tuesday morning after cellphone video went viral on social media, showing her berating children who were riding their bikes in Pinecrest.
Online jail records show Silvia Carmen Perez was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 5:50 a.m. on charges of robbery by sudden snatching and battery.
Her bond was listed as “to be set.”
The cellphone video posted to social media over the weekend shows Perez visibly angry after pulling over her Bentley and speaking with two children who were riding their bikes in Pinecrest.
Perez shouted and cursed at the kids, and one of the kids yelled back, saying she tried to hit him. At one point, Perez appeared to shove one of the children.
“It’s a bike path,” one boy is heard calmly telling Perez in the video.
“You were in the f***ing street and you know it,” Perez responded.
According to her arrest report, Perez grabbed one of the victim’s cellphones, raised it over her head and threatened to throw it in the canal.
The report also states the victim suffered an injury to his hand.
Within moments, other drivers pulled over, scolding Perez and telling her she shouldn’t put her hands on a child.
Days after the video went viral, Perez turned herself in to Pinecrest police, who transported her to TGK.
Local 10 was the only news team there as an officer spoke to Perez before taking her inside the jail.
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