Husband, wife accused of attacking school resource deputy at Volusia County middle school

On November 19, 2024, at Deltona Middle School in Florida, Jorge Rivera, 46, and his wife, Dagmarie Aponte Iturrino, 45, were arrested after assaulting a school resource deputy. The incident began during a meeting regarding their son's battery charge for shoving a girl at school the previous day. Rivera became irate when informed that another student wouldn't face charges for throwing a shoe at their son. When the deputy asked them to leave, Aponte Iturrino pushed the deputy against a wall, and Rivera punched her in the face, knocking her to the ground and seizing her Taser. The deputy managed to draw her firearm and ordered Rivera to drop the Taser before taking him into custody. She was treated for a possible concussion.

Both parents face charges including battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence, disrupting a school function, and trespassing on school property after a warning. Rivera faces additional charges of robbery with a weapon and grand theft for taking the deputy's Taser. A hate crime enhancement was added to some of Rivera's charges due to a derogatory slur he directed at the deputy before the attack. Their son witnessed the entire incident.