Police Search For California Woman Who ‘Purposely’ Coughed On Baby
A Surveillance captured the June 12 incident at a Yogurtland in San Jose where a woman appears purposely cough in a baby’s face.
In the clip, the woman can be seen walking
over to a stroller and cough at least two times over the young child at around 5:25 p.m., according to a press release by police. The preliminary investigation revealed the suspect was upset the female was not maintaining proper social distancing, so the suspect removed her face mask, got close to the baby’s face, and coughed 2-3 times,” San Jose police Sgt. Enrique Garcia said.
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Garcia added the suspect left the establishment but hasn’t been identified or apprehended by authorities as of Monday night. However, Police announced that they are searching for the woman so she can be held accountable for her crime.
“Coughing on someone’s face. She did it on purpose it’s not like she did it on accident, oh cough, cough – no she purposely coughed on my son’s face,” Mireya Mora, the boy’s mother told San Francisco’s KGO-TV. “It happened so quick I was in shock. She got close, she took off her mask, and she coughed three times super hard on my son’s face.”
The mother, who is Hispanic, claimed the woman allegedly started harassing them after the mother started speaking Spanish, according to the station. The San Jose Police Department said the suspect was described as a white female in her 60s with a medium build.
The woman was last seen wearing a “gray bandana, glasses, long sleeve shirt with gray vertical lines, white dress pants, and patterned tennis shoes,” The New York Post quotes.
The department is now asking anyone with more information is asked to contact Detective Dan Bowman of the San Jose Police Department’s Assaults Unit at 408-277-4161. Tipsters who contact the Crime Stoppers Tip Line, at (408) 947-7867 may be eligible for a cash reward.
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