Mom, stepmom suspected of assaulting son's bullies at Central California school

FRESNO — Two women are suspected of going onto a school campus and assaulting a pair of teenage girls who the women say had been bullying their son, police said Tuesday.

The mother and stepmother of a 12-year-old Fresno boy are accused of driving up to the campus of Cooper Academy, rushing into the cafeteria filled with 100 people for an after-school activity and assaulting the two girls, ages 12 and 13, Fresno Police Lt. Joe Gomez said.

The women claimed that they had first gone to school officials to stop the ongoing bullying, said Gomez, who added that it appeared the girls had been making fun of the boy. "They said nothing was being done," he said. "That's their allegation."

No one was injured in the March 17 incident, but the women, ages 29 and 33, were later arrested on suspicion of felony conspiracy and misdemeanor cruelty to a child, Gomez said.

The women or their attorneys could not be reached to comment on the charges. Prosecutors said they had not yet received the case for their review.

The Fresno Unified School District issued a statement to KFSN-TV (http://abc30.tv/1BoRXMn ), saying they are investigating the incident to determine possible disciplinary action.

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Information from: KFSN-TV.