A woman is facing charges after allegedly pushing a child underwater during an altercation at a pool at the Gaylord Palms resort in Kissimmee on Friday, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies responded to the resort’s pool rea around 4:30 p.m. on Friday for a reported battery involving a child. Witnesses told the sheriff’s office that three children were playing in the pool when the splashing became aggressive. The suspect, Tiffany Griffith, 36, of Fort Myers, then allegedly entered the pool and yelled at a 6-year-old boy after he dunked her 6-year-old son underwater.The sheriff’s office said Griffith then put her hands on the other child’s shoulders and forcibly dunked him underwater for several seconds. The boy exited the pool visibly upset and suffering from a nosebleed and told his parents about the incident, according to deputies.Griffith then allegedly began yelling at the victim’s mother before leaving the area. She was arrested and transported to the Osceola County jail where she is being held without bond on one count of aggravated child abuse.The Gaylord Palms has been contacted for comment, but no response has been received yet.
A woman is facing charges after allegedly pushing a child underwater during an altercation at a pool at the Gaylord Palms resort in Kissimmee on Friday, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to the resort’s pool rea around 4:30 p.m. on Friday for a reported battery involving a child. Witnesses told the sheriff’s office that three children were playing in the pool when the splashing became aggressive. The suspect, Tiffany Griffith, 36, of Fort Myers, then allegedly entered the pool and yelled at a 6-year-old boy after he dunked her 6-year-old son underwater.
The sheriff’s office said Griffith then put her hands on the other child’s shoulders and forcibly dunked him underwater for several seconds. The boy exited the pool visibly upset and suffering from a nosebleed and told his parents about the incident, according to deputies.
Griffith then allegedly began yelling at the victim’s mother before leaving the area. She was arrested and transported to the Osceola County jail where she is being held without bond on one count of aggravated child abuse.
The Gaylord Palms has been contacted for comment, but no response has been received yet.