Grandma Assaulted Over Denied Facebook Friend Request

When a 72-year-old woman turned down her granddaughter’s Facebook friend request, things got ugly.

That’s according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, which says the denial sparked a heated argument. That argument ended when the 27-year-old granddaughter decided to slap her grandmother in the face “multiple times,” an arrest affidavit stated.

The incident unfolded around 7:50 p.m. Wednesday at the grandmother’s Clearwater home. The pair lived together for a time when the granddaughter was an infant, deputies say. It is unclear if the granddaughter was just visiting when the argument broke out or if she specifically went to the grandmother’s home to confront her about the friends request denial.

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The granddaughter, Rachel Anne Hayes, was arrested later in the evening at her Belleview Boulevard home in Clearwater.

Hayes was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on a charge of aggravated battery on an elderly person. She was being held without bond Thursday.

Hayes, jail records indicate, has been arrested numerous times in the past. Most recently she was charged with disorderly conduct by Clearwater Police in September and was also jailed in June for violation of probation in relation to a DUI.

Photo credit: Rachel Anne Hayes/Pinellas County Jail

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