GREENSBORO, N.C. — An apartment manager is arrested after being accused of assaulting children under 12 at Sedgefield Gardens Thursday, according to Greensboro police.
Officers said 62-year-old Kimberly Jennings made contact with the two children and physically hit them.
Residents at Sedgefield said Jennings has managed the property for at least three years.
The family involved does not live in the complex and there are several visible "no-trespassing" signs at the pool.
"She untwists the Coke bottle and starts splashing it on me. Then, she hits me twice," victim Jace Lee-eury said.
He is 11 years old and said an argument about the kids being at the pool led to what's caught on camera. Lee-eury said Jennings was trying to get him and his 8-year-old sister to leave. The pool has signs stating no trespassing, and for adults to accompany their children. The siblings said this is not the first time they have visited this pool.
"She said not to come back this time. The other time, she never said not to come back. So, that's why we kept going because it's summer, it's hot, it's a pool," he said.
Before the video started rolling, Lee-eury alleged the manager pulled his sister's hair and hit her. The boy said at that point, he threw a bottle at Jennings.
What was captured in the video is Jennings throwing a soda and then reportedly hitting the boy in his chest and face. It went viral and sparked outrage in the Greensboro community where nearby neighbors protested.
The kid's father said his family is outraged by the way their children were physically handled by an adult.
"It gives you no right to ever put your hands on anybody's kid or any child at all. A child is a child," Robert Lee-eury said.
Police said the video of the incident from the complex's pool Thursday led to the arrest.
Jennings was charged with two counts of simple assault on a child under age 12.
She has bonded out of jail.
We've reached out to Sedgefield Garden Apartments and also tried to get a statement from its owners but have not heard back.
This investigation is ongoing.
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