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Mother Accused Of Holding 10-Year-Old Bully While Twin 7-Year-Old Daughters Get Revenge

Madness At Peekskill Youth Center; Father Accused Of Hitting Bully With Chair

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Samuel Randolph, left, and Latena Fitzgerald stand accused of helping their twin 7-year-old girls attack a bully. (Photo: CBS 2)

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Reporting Tony Aiello

PEEKSKILL, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Police said it was no way to resolve a conflict.

A youth center worker and his wife, worried about bullying, face charges for helping their daughters fight back, CBS 2’s Tony Aiello reports.

Latena Fitzgerald denied any wrongdoing after a dispute at Peekskill’s Kiley Youth Center, where she took her 7-year-old twins, Aniya and Amiya, to confront a 10-year-old girl over alleged bullying.

“I did not even touch her! Only thing I said to her was to leave my kids alone,” she said.

Police said words got heated and then things turned physical.

“The 10-year-old alleges she was held by the mother of the other girls, and the parents allowed their two daughters to assault her while she was being held,” Peekskill Police Chief Gene Tumolo said.

Cops said Fitzgerald’s husband, Samuel Randolph, threw a chair that hit the 10-year-old in the back.

Randolph works at the youth center. The director said it was appropriate for cops to file charges.

“Any time children are involved with safety you have to protect them,” Jasper Cain said.

“It just sends such a terrible message when kids see parents behaving in this way,” Chief Tumolo added.

Fitzgerald said she and Randolph have talked repeatedly to the alleged bully and her mom, and thought it was time for their kids to fight back.

“He told Aniya to hit the girl back and that would be the end of it and for her to leave her alone. The little girl got out the chair and slapped my daughter, right in front of us. That’s what caused the big outbreak,” Fitzgerald said.

Everyone involved lives in the same public housing complex. Fitzgerald said to help defuse tensions she has sent her daughters to live with family in Connecticut.

The couple was hit with endangerment charges and a restraining order to keep away from the 10-year-old.

The accused couple is now waiting to find out if Randolph will lose his job at the youth center.

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  • dave

    Had a kid bullying my son when he was 10. I confronted the brat at his school and informed him that the next time he touched my son, my son was free to beat him senseless! I also told him my son was in karate, was taught only for self defense and I was giving him permission and that I would also follow up with the police at his parents house! He never bothered my son again.

  • Diggler

    It’s a good thing that 10 year old got beat by the twins. i bet she won’t bully them again. Mission accomplished good job.

  • tnpitgal

    Bad Parents; Bad Children…IIt’s simple.

  • Avi

    Rob in the Hood:

    Don’t twist my words around. I did not suggest doing anything to stop people from becoming parents, only that students should be educated on how to become good and effective parents. This should be done by clergy and in the school systems. Do you think G-D is happy with the way these dysfunctional people turn out, torturing and killing those who are really His children.

  • Lauryn

    It sounded to me like the 10 year old probably became violent and the twins’ parent was holding her away from them, even before I read that the mother said that the 10 year old had slapped the other child. The 7 year olds probably took that opportunity themselves to try to hit the bully. Of course the bully is going to try to spin it that she didn’t do anything wrong and the mother just held her back for no good reason other than to let the 7 year olds hit her.

  • Avi

    To take this situation even further, my observation is that it is so easy to become a parent, but being a good and effective parent is quite another story. Too many people are unqualified to be parents but they have children anyway. These children grow up in dysfunctional homes and become bullies, drug addicts, etc. I don’t know the answer as how can you legislate who is allowed to become a parent and who isn’t. Religous outreach, particularly at a young age, is one answer. Practical learning in schools instead of just reading, writing and arithmetic is another. Any other thoughts out there to help make a better society.

    • Rob in the Hood

      Maybe we should sterilize all those we think are unworthy to be parents, hey Avi? Here’s the answer… GOD legislates who becomes parents. No one has the right to legislate who becomes a parent.

      • Bill Jenson

        Oh there are DEFINITELY people who should be sterilized and not have more kids!

  • christine

    my mother said always protect myself…just cant throw the first punch

  • Mike Icyrebel

    sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands if the parents of the bully refuse to step in and stop it.. good for the parents to show the bully what it feels like…and to ALLTHE IDIOTS THAT SAY ‘OH, ITS ONLY A CHILD, TAKE YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR BUTT AND SEE THAT SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE VILE MONSTERS ……….

  • alnga

    as the smallest student in my class I learned quickly that violence is the only way to respond that is the only thing most bullies or thugs will respect.

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