U.S. Coast Guard Officer Arrested At High School: Hillsborough Sheriff

RIVERVIEW, FL — A U.S. Coast Guard officer and parent of a student was arrested after an incident at Riverview’s Spot High School Monday, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office news release.

HCSO school resource deputies responded to a call for assistance from school administrators just before 1 p.m.

The incident involved “agitated parents” who were in the school’s administrative office after their daughter was involved in “a mutual altercation” earlier that day, the sheriff’s office said.

One of the parents, Jeremy Bailey, 41, was “verbally hostile” throughout the interaction with school administrators, resulting in his arrest, HCSO said.

During his arrest, he “became increasingly upset and enraged,” kicking one of the school resource deputies and “using profane and derogatory language,” the agency said.

An active-duty petty officer first class with the Coast Guard, Bailey was charged with trespass on school grounds, battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer without violence and probable cause of disrupting a school or campus function.

"Parents are supposed to model behavior and be an example for children, and Bailey was a perfect example of what not to do. Schools are meant to be a safe space for both students and administrators, and it is disheartening to know a parent disrupted the educational process today by his shameful outburst," Sheriff Chad Chronister said. "I have to take a moment to thank school administrators and the school resource deputy for their patience and professionalism when faced with violence and hostility."