Mom Allegedly Held a 6-Year-Old Underwater Because of 'Aggressive' Splashing in Luxury Fla. Hotel Pool By Samira Asma-Sadeque 15

A Florida woman is under arrest after an incident at a hotel pool that left a 6-year-old boy with a nosebleed.

Law enforcement officials responded to a report of a battery involving a child on Friday, Dec. 19 at the Gaylord Palms Hotel in Kissimmee, Fla., a luxury resort, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement over the weekend.

They arrested 36-year-old Tiffany Lee Griffith in connection with the allegations.

Investigators learned there were three children playing in the pool when the “splashing became aggressive,” according to the statement from the sheriff’s office.

A witness told police that they saw Griffith enter the pool “calmly,” approach the children and allegedly begin splashing water on them, according to a charging affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.

She then allegedly moved behind the child, placed both of her hands on his shoulders and “fully submerged” the child underwater for two to four seconds, the witness said. She then allegedly splashed water on the child again before leaving the pool, according to the affidavit.

The 6-year-old boy had allegedly “dunked” Griffith’s son underwater, the sheriff’s office said in their statement, adding that Griffith’s son is about the same age as the alleged victim.

However, officers did not mention any such occurrences from the security footage they reviewed and detailed in the court document.

The security footage they reviewed matched the witness’s account of what happened, according to the affidavit.

The alleged victim left the pool with a nosebleed and reported the incident to his parents. Authorities allege Griffith followed the child and began yelling at the boy’s mother before a man removed Griffith from the scene, the affidavit stated.

It wasn’t immediately clear if Griffith’s own son suffered any injuries.

When discussing the incident with police, Griffith said she had entered the pool to protect her child — who she said is nonverbal and has autism — from being “drowned” by another kid. She claimed she had dragged her son out and approached the other boy’s mother.

When police confronted her with security camera footage showing her alleged dunking of the 6-year-old, she allegedly said, “I was protecting my son,” according to the affidavit.

She reportedly expressed remorse about the incident.

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Griffith has been charged with cruelty to a child — aggravated child abuse, per online court records, which did not show plea or attorney information for her.

She was scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

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