Florida woman who coughed on cancer patient in store gets 30 days in jail

[Judi Lynn]

Debra Hunter was arrested last June after she was recorded deliberately coughing on a customer in a Pier 1 store

Associated Press
Fri 9 Apr 2021 10.38 EDT

A Florida woman whose image went viral when she coughed on a fellow customer at a store last year in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.

A judge in Jacksonville on Thursday also ordered Debra Hunter to pay a $500 fine, serve six months probation and participate in a mental health evaluation along with anger management, David Chapman, communications director for the state attorney’s office in Jacksonville, said in an email. She was also ordered to cover the costs of the victim’s Covid-19 test.

Hunter was arrested last June after she was recorded deliberately coughing on the other customer during an argument with employees inside a Pier 1 store.

According to investigators, the victim, Heather Sprague, had begun recording Hunter’s heated encounter with the employees. Hunter saw her and made a rude gesture before walking up and saying she would cough on her. And then she coughed on her, an arrest affidavit said.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/09/florida-woman-coughed-cancer-patient-jail-debra-hunter







'My kids don't deserve this': Woman who coughed on cancer patient at Jacksonville Pier 1 testifies at sentencing hearing

Debra Hunter was charged with a misdemeanor felony for deliberately coughing on a woman who was recording video of her berating Pier 1 staff last year.
Author: firstcoastnews.com

Published: 5:38 PM EDT April 8, 2021
Updated: 5:24 PM EDT April 8, 2021

- video of her pleading with judge -

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/news/crime/my-kids-dont-deserve-this-woman-who-coughed-on-cancer-patient-at-jacksonville-pier-1-testifies-at-sentencing-hearing/77-5a3158e4-de08-488b-b8c3-d3d43acdca12

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Now she has a criminal record. Good! Maybe she'll think otherwise next time she loses her

temper. Scumbag. I hope Pier 1 has banned her permanently from all of their stores.

[Blue Dawn]

2. You absolutely do deserve this, you imbecile.

Don’t you just love how these idiots act insufferable and cruel in public only to dissolve in tears when standing before a judge?

I honestly feel no pity whatsoever for people like her. None. She deserves to suffer the consequences of her reprehensible actions.

The expressions on her face tell the story, don’t they? She is just another entitled jerk.

I personally believe that judges should show no mercy to people like her.

Disgusting.

[idziak4ever1234]

3. One day her kids will see what she has done when they look her up on the internet.

[Skittles]

7. ?

they already know, and have suffered because of it....she alludes to that.

[EYESORE 9001]

4. WTF is a 'misdemeanor felony?'

I weep for journalism as I knew it.

[samnsara]

5. makes my heart a flutter

[Baked Potato]

6. Happy Mother's Day missy!