Two parents accused of fighting at their residence in Miami-Dade County while their children were there were arrested on Sunday, authorities said.
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Jaden Pitter, 23, and Vertia Samuels-Mitchell, 23, were charged with child abuse/neglect and battery.
According to authorities, an officer arrived at the residence after receiving reports of a domestic disturbance that involved Pitter and Samuels-Mitchell.
An arrest report said that the two got into a verbal dispute that then turned physical, which happened in front of their children.
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A witness told the officer that Samuels and Pitter were standing face-to-face during the verbal dispute and then Samuels punched Pitter in the face, the report said.
The witness, the report said, tried to separate the two before the confrontation escalated, but Pitter got around her and started punching Samuels.
Following the incident, the officer met with Pitter, who said he was involved in a verbal altercation with Samuels, who is his children’s mother, and then they became physical, the report said. Samuels also admitted that’s what happened.
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The two were then arrested.