Surveillance video from Rosalphanie Child Care captures a 39-year-old Opa-Locka mother walking into the lobby, arguing with staff about a lice-check policy, then slapping an assistant director, according to arrest records. The confrontation happened on Jan. 21, and the woman identified in those records as Maria Roda-Blanco was arrested weeks later, on March 11, before appearing in Miami-Dade County court.
What police say
As reported by Local 10, Roda-Blanco told Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer in Spanish, “She messed with my child, who has autism and is 3 years old.” Police say the surveillance footage shows Roda-Blanco approach the daycare’s assistant director in the lobby and slap her on the left side of the head, then walk out of the building. A teacher told officers the dust-up started when the mother objected to a lice check and began yelling.
State records from the Florida Department of Education’s Gold Seal provider data list Rosalphanie Child Care at 2570 NW 139th St. in Opa-Locka. The listing identifies the operation as Rosalphanie Child Care 1 Inc., a licensed child-care facility in Miami-Dade County.
Local 10 also reports that Opa-Locka officers picked up Roda-Blanco at the intersection of Sinbad Avenue and Ali Baba Avenue on March 11. Miami-Dade corrections records show she was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center shortly before 5:25 p.m. Court filings indicate Judge Glazer ordered her to stay away from the daycare employee and set bond at $2,500, and Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Carmen Cabarga was later scheduled to take over the case. Records cited by the station also note an ICE hold and an accusation that Roda-Blanco was driving without a license…