Florida woman arrested for allegedly spraying bear mace on children playing next door

A central Florida woman is accused of spraying young children with bear mace after she became irate with them for playing next door investigators say My baby don t want to come outside and play Like they re scared now reported mother April Morant An arrest overview noted -year old Ada Anderson of Ocala sprayed the bear mace on the children as they were blowing bubbles in their front yard Friday April Morant lives next door to Anderson and she couldn t believe what was happening to her young daughters ages and I look like in my peripheral view she s at the gate with I thought at first I thought it was a gun reported Morant A big old cloud came So I rushed the kids like go in the house go in house And so then I called the police on her Bear mace or spray is a chemical irritant that repels bears when out in the wilderness and can be toxic if ingested by humans let alone children The arrest account also stated that Anderson was yelling profanities and racist slurs at the children as well Where it gets me upset my three-year-old don t know anything about anything racial so when she s saying this stuff my three-year-old is waving speaking and you re over here calling her little names stated Morant Morant proposes the harassment started several months ago when her family moved in We ignore her because this is an every day occurrence since November she explained I want to move from by her I just don t feel safe and with the stuff that happened This is not Anderson s first arrest for harassing a neighbor She was also charged with aggravated assault and stalking back in