A 36-year-old woman from Carson is facing up to six years in state prison for pepper spraying three teens inside a Taco Bell and physically attacking one of them earlier this month, officials announced Thursday.
The incident occurred just before 6 p.m. at a Carson Taco Bell restaurant when the woman, identified as Nicole Coleman, reportedly confronted a group of minors, pepper spraying three of them and throwing another to the ground after punching them, a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office stated.
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“While I’m relieved that none of the young victims suffered significant injuries, the nature of this attack is deeply troubling,” District Attorney George Gascón said. “As adults, we have a responsibility to be role models for our young people, and violence in any form is never an acceptable response.”
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The 36-year-old, who has pleaded not guilty, has been charged with a felony count of assault with a deadly weapon, a count of use of tear gas and three counts of child abuse under conditions other than great bodily harm or death.