Footage exposes woman slapping crying child's face as she delivered package
Camera footage captured the horrifying moment a delivery woman was seen allegedly assaulting a child in the corridor of an apartment complex.
A Florida Instacart employee was caught on doorbell surveillance appearing to strike a crying boy during a drop off, calling him the ‘f****** worst’ and a ‘p***k’ during the heated moment.
The video appears to show a woman wearing a red long-sleeved shirt, telling a little boy she is accompanied by to hold a large, crated pack of bottled water.
The child immediately began to waver, before stating: “Ow, I can't hold it.”
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Soon after, the footage sees the boy dropping the case and immediately runs away after seeing the delivery woman leaping over, tracking him down, and seemingly slapping him in the face as he crouches down to avoid the blow.
The child is then seen crying and holding his face in the clip as the delivery woman says to him: “You're the worst. The f***ing worst. How dare you! You are a f***ing piece of s**t. Pick this up. You're gonna carry something!”
Detectives also claim she called the boy a 'f***ing p***k.'
Kiah Lowery, 36, was subsequently arrested for the interaction, per the St Johns County Sheriff's Office.
The alleged assault is said to have occurred in St Augustine, Florida, and was reported by a concerned Instacart customer reported the behaviour seen on their Ring camera.
Lowery was then apprehended and charged with child abuse for the 31 May 31 attack on her six-year-old son, per the arrest warrant.
Now, she is apparently instructed to have no contact with her son, after the attack, which she called a moment of being ‘over stimulated’.
"The defendant's actions, before her reaction of striking the victim's face, created a severe imbalance for the victim,” police wrote in an arrest warrant. “The victim was clearly unable to hold the water and was struck and scolded by the defendant for an action that he was incapable of performing.”
Lowery allegedly posted her $5,000 bond, but will need to stay 500 feet away from the boy, and will be monitored by an electronic tag.
From there, she is due to appear for her arraignment at the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida on 7 July, where she will meet her fate.
However, there has been no news to confirm what her plea is.
As for her employer, Instacart, a spokesperson told Fox 13 that there’s no place for that type of behaviour at their company.
"We have zero tolerance for violence of any kind, and the shopper has been permanently removed from the platform,” the statement read. “Instacart maintains strict policies prohibiting shoppers from bringing any individual without a valid shopper account on a delivery, including children.”
LADbible reached out to Instacart and the St Johns County Sheriff's Office for comment.
Britt Jones