Grace McAlister
Reporter1@riverbendnews.org
On Tuesday, Jan. 17, at about 12:30 p.m., School Resource Deputy (SRD) Rick Collins responded to a fight in progress near the Silas Drive exit gate at Suwannee Middle School (SMS). According to the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office report, upon arrival, SRD Collins observed a SMS Security Guard attempting to restrain a female student. The SMS security guard escorted her to a female relative parked on Silas Drive, Kristina Lee Weatherspoon. During this time, the victim left SMS property on foot, walking eastbound on Silas Drive. The female student was placed in the front seat of Weatherspoon’s vehicle, and was told to her take home. As Weatherspoon began pulling her vehicle away, SRD Collins heard Weatherspoon state, "I'm taking you right up here," and drove off in the same direction the juvenile victim had walked. Fearing a second altercation would take place, SRD Collins headed east on Silas Drive. As soon as he exited SMS property, he observed Weatherspoon’s vehicle pulled over on Silas Drive and a large crowd that appeared to be gathered around a second altercation. As SRD Collins approached, the crowd dispersed, and he escorted the victim to his golf cart.
Weatherspoon and the student got back into their vehicle and sped off. According to the report, while speaking with the victim, she stated while she was fighting the student, Weatherspoon struck the juvenile victim across the lower back with a metal vehicle jack handle while she was engaged in a physical altercation with the female student.
The report states, in a recording of the altercation, Weatherspoon is observed pulling her shirt and hitting the victim a second time with the jack handle on her right rib area. Weatherspoon can be heard yelling at the student "you wanna start some sh*t," to which the victim replies, "she started with me."
On Thursday, Jan. 19, Weatherspoon was arrested and booked into the Suwannee County Jail. She was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.