Mom charged after attacking son’s bully on school bus

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A mother in Indiana has been hit with a slew of charges after she boarded a school bus and beat up an eighth-grader she claims was a “bully” to her son.

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Latea Hentz, 36, has been hit with several charges, including battery and criminal trespassing, after she allegedly boarded the bus in Indianapolis on March 6 with her son, 13, and 17-year-old daughter to confront the 14-year-old boy.

Hentz was allegedly filmed telling her kids to repeatedly “beat his a**, beat his a**” before she took it upon herself to punch the eighth-grader and pull his hair, WXIN reported.

The mother allegedly shouted threats to other kids on the bus: “I’m going to tear this up, I’m tired of you b****-a** kids,” before asking, “Anybody want to get active?”

Video shared on Facebook captured the incident after the woman’s son and his alleged bully began fighting, while Hentz and her daughter are also seen punching the boy.

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Another passenger is heard saying, “Hey, don’t jump him. Why are you jumping him?”

The video ends before all three family members leave the bus, but police said security footage captured their departure.

Hentz’s son is also seen in the footage shaking hands with students as he walks down the aisle of the bus.

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Hentz told officers that her son had not been acting like himself lately due to an “ongoing bullying situation,” with her son noting that the school was aware of the bullying but had done nothing to stop it.

The eighth-grader admitted to teasing and joking with the other boy but denied that things had ever gotten physical, according to the outlet.

His mother added during police interviews that it was Hentz’s son who was the bully, and that he had made racist jokes toward him about his Mexican heritage and making “comments about ICE.”

Hentz was no longer in custody, according to public records, WXIN reported.

However, the woman’s daughter and son also face possible criminal charges in relation to the fight, according to the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office.

The investigation is ongoing.

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