Port St. Lucie mom charged with felony assault on deputy at St. Lucie West K-8 School
December 10th, 2009 by TCPalm.comPORT ST. LUCIE — A woman faces charges after she drove through a sheriff’s barrier at St. Lucie West K-8 School Tuesday and nearly ran over a deputy’s feet before closing her van’s door on his foot, according to an arrest affidavit released Wednesday.
Christina A. Lydon
Christina A. Lydon, 47, also refused to stop when Deputy Paul McNesky tried to flag her down and wouldn’t lower her window, the affidavit stated. Lydon, of the 6100 block of Northwest East Deville Circle in Port St. Lucie, was arrested on single felony and misdemeanor charges following the 9:20 a.m. Tuesday encounter.
About an hour earlier, McNesky put his marked patrol vehicle across the entrance to the drop-off area. The vehicle’s emergency lights were activated and orange cones were positioned to stop more traffic from getting in the area.
About 9:18 a.m., a blue Toyota van driven by Lydon went “through the barrier past my marked patrol car and into the drop-off lot,” the deputy wrote. Lydon “completely ignored” McNesky, who was about 10 feet away and the only person in the area when he tried to flag her down.
Lydon dropped off her child and headed toward the exit. McNesky walked to the exit area, where he stood about one foot from Lydon’s van and directed her to stop, the affidavit stated.
Instead, she said “something” and continued, the deputy said.
“I was ordering her to stop and was so close to her vehicle, my hand was on the side of it,” the affidavit states. “I then realized that she was not going to stop and I had to jump back in fear of getting my legs hit or my feet being run over.”
McNesky said he then ran to his patrol car and stopped Lydon, who refused to roll her window down. Told the deputy needed her license and registration, Lydon pressed them against the inside of the window, the affidavit stated. She finally opened the passenger side window and threw them on the ground, the deputy wrote.
McNesky stood at the rear of Lydon’s van talking with another deputy and a school security officer when Lydon opened the passenger door and grabbed the license and registration off the ground, the affidavit said.
He wrote that he raced up to keep Lydon from closing the door. She saw him and “frantically” tried to shut herself back in the van, the deputy stated. McNesky stuck his left foot in the door, thwarting her effort.
Lydon was arrested on a charge of felony assault on an officer, firefighter, EMT, etc., with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor charge of resisting an officer without violence.
Her van was towed and she was taken to jail.
Will Greenlee, TCPalm.com
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December 10th, 2009 at 10:54 am
What the hell is wrong with her? She deserves what she gets!
December 10th, 2009 at 11:24 am
What was she thinking?
Now she is going to jail.
December 10th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
What a crazy and dumb person!
December 10th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I’m not excusing her actions, but there may have been a reason(not necessarily a good one)this woman reacted this way. Or.. maybe she’s just insane in the membrane.
December 10th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
WoW.. more nut’s are out than in…there has to be more to this story, like a missing link! Or maybe she is actually losing her mind,hopefully the Judge will have her seek Mental Health Care. Only if they allow her out. Wonder how she treat’s her child?? Scary
December 10th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Christina Lydon lost it. I’m amazed that more people don’t lose it. You get to a point where you can’t even drop your kids off at school and make it to work on time. A more level headed person may have let her child out of the van and sent them on their way. The child could have walked the remaining distance. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. But in this crazy world, who knows? Apologize, plead temporary stupidity and take your suspended sentence and a $500.00 fine. Oh yeah, don’t forget to write a note of apology to the arresting officer.
December 11th, 2009 at 11:17 am
SHE WAS MY 9TH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER. SHE USED TO RUN AROUND TALKING ABOUT HOW WE NEEDED TO REMEMBER OUR UNITS AND HOW THEY WERE OUR FRIENDS. SHE ALSO SAID ALL THE PLANETS WERE CUBES BUT THEY WANTED TO BE SPHERES, SO OVER TIME THEY CHANGED.
December 11th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Shes nuts my 5th period 9th grade science teacher aswell , wat sw says is true she did use to say that kind of stuff, she told us she used to be a scientist , i think biotech or sumn , that she got payed 6 figures but quit and moved 2 florida to work as a teacher because She “loved children”,she taught at Treasure Coast High School from 2007-2008 as a integrated science teacher ……thank god i go to Martin County high now…..less looneys