Woman Charged after Assault with a Hot Cup of Tea

Newport Police charged Rocio Schiller, 38, of Frisco, Tx., with simple assault Thursday evening after she allegedly dumped a cup of hot tea over the head of her ex-husband’s fiancée at the Starbucks on Thames Street.

Police said they were dispatched to the Starbucks at around 7:19 p.m. for a report an assault and found the victim with wet hair and a wet jacket. She told police she was accompanying her boyfriend for a meeting with Schiller to talk about family issues following a Family Court appearance earlier in the day.

Schiller reportedly was upset that the fiancée had come to the meeting and at one point, stood up and dumped her hot tea over the victim’s head before storming out and driving away in her red Toyota Prius.

Police eventually caught up with Schiller on Memorial Boulevard.

She claimed that she stumbled while leaving the Starbucks and accidentally spilled her tea.

But the incident was captured on surveillance video, police said, and Schiller was arrested without incident.