Holmes Beach police arrested Kendall Anderson, 31, of Denver, Jan. 9 on two third-degree felony charges for domestic battery of her 65-year-old mother and witness/victim tampering.
Three officers responded around 10:39 p.m. to reports of a domestic disturbance at a property in the 5600 block of Guava Street.
Upon arriving, an officer found Anderson following her mother around the property and attempting to corner her outside before she saw police and returned inside, according to a Holmes Beach Police Department report.
“I heard the younger voice of Ms. K. Anderson mockingly saying to her mother that her mother was afraid of her, followed by Ms. C. Anderson with fear in her voice saying, ‘Please get away from me,’” a report states.
The officers spoke with the mother, who told police Anderson had been staying with her and had asked her for a haircut.
However, she said Anderson became upset with the results of the haircut and shoved her multiple times, causing her to fall backward into a chair.
The mother added that when she pulled her cellphone out and told her daughter she would call 911, her daughter took the phone away from her and threw it outside the house, then chased her around the property.
She said she did not want to press charges, but asked the officers to take her daughter into custody under the Baker Act, which allows for the involuntary examination of people who may suffer from mental illness and exhibit a risk to themselves and/or others.
The officers also spoke to Kendall Anderson, who “admitted that she had pushed her mother away from her after her mother walked at her.”
The officers arrested Kendall Anderson and transported her to the Holmes Beach Police Department for processing before she was taken to the Manatee County jail, where she remained in custody under a $5,000 bond as of Jan. 17.
If convicted, punishment for a third-degree felony charge includes up to five years in prison, five years of probation and a fine of up to $5,000.
An arraignment will be at 9 a.m. Friday, March 1, at the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.