Florida teen attacks relatives at dinner table over tomatoes

A Florida teen allegedly assaulted and threatened her elderly relatives with a knife because she was denied extra tomatoes at dinner, a report said.

Katie Jade Gates, 19, was charged with two felonies — aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery on a victim over the age of 65 — for the Sept. 12 incident at her family’s home in the town of Callahan.

Gates’ grandmother told police the teen “became angry because she wanted to eat more than her fair share of tomatoes at the dinner table,” according to an incident report by the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office obtained by The Smoking Gun.

The teen “then began to throw a fit because she couldn’t have more tomatoes, and became disrespectful towards the other adults in the house,” the grandma alleged, according to the report.

The situation “enraged the elderly adults in the house,” the arrest report said.

Gates then allegedly hurled a water bottle where her grandfather was sitting, nearly hitting him, and then threw a cigarette pack at her 73-year-old great-grandmother, striking her in the eye, according to the report.

When Gates’ grandfather tried to confront her about her bad behavior, a “further enraged” Gates grabbed a knife and waved it at him and chased him with it.

“Motherf—ker, I’ll stab you in your f—king face,” a knife-wielding Gates allegedly barked as she chased her grandpa out the door of the house and “poked” the blade at his face, the report said.

Relatives told police Gates “continued to underhand poke and overhand strike at him with the knife in her hand while yelling obscenities.”

Police were called and after Gates was read her Miranda rights, she admitted she threw the cigarette pack at her relative, the report says.

The teen also copped to picking up a knife during the argument and walking outside to where her grandfather was, but she did not admit to attempting to stick him with the implement, according to the report.

Gates was released from jail after posting $18,000 bond, according to The Smoking Gun, which reported that a judge ordered her to have no contact with the victims.

via: https://nypost.com/2019/09/24/florida-teen-attacks-relatives-at-dinner-table-over-tomatoes/

Photo Credit: Nassau County Sheriff’s Office