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Florida mom throws cayenne pepper at girls she says bullied her daughter

Posted at 10:00 AM, Oct 05, 2018
and last updated 2018-10-05 10:00:49-04

COCOA, Fla.-- A Florida mother was jailed Monday, charged with throwing cayenne pepper powder into the faces of two girls who she said were bullying her daughter.

It happened in front of Cambridge Elementary School in Cocoa.

The sisters, ages 8 and 11, were treated at the school's clinic, but were taken to the hospital as a precaution, Cocoa police said.

The child's mother, Simmone James, said the sisters have been bullying her daughter for three months.

She's been walking her daughter to school, and on Monday, she confronted the girls.

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