CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A Gary woman has agreed to plead guilty to battery charges for allegedly attacking an elementary school teacher and a principal after her son went missing from school in 2018.
Latashay Bonner, 32, agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to felony battery resulting in moderate bodily injury and misdemeanor battery resulting in bodily injury. A Lake County judge must accept the plea agreement, which also calls for Bonner to undergo anger management and write letters of apology.
Bonner’s attorney, Matt LaTulip, said his client had no criminal history before or after the September 2018 altercations at Marquette Elementary in Gary, the Post-Tribune of Merrillville reported.
In that incident, Bonner walked into the school after being told her son was missing and began yelling and cursing at the principal in front of students, court records state.
Bonner’s son was soon found outside the school, but before that discovery she pushed the principal to the ground and kicked her in the leg, causing her to twist her knee, records state.
When a teacher asked Bonner to leave, she pushed her to the ground, sat on the woman’s hips, repeatedly punched her in the back of the head, and “kicked and stomped” on her left hip before being pulled off, records state.
The Gary school district sued Bonner in September for damages stemming from the fight. The district alleges it paid nearly $26,000 in medical bills and lost wages for both school employees.
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