Woman who 'purposely' coughed on 1-year-old at Yogurtland in San Jose may be teacher

ByLauren Martinez KGO logo
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Woman who 'purposely' coughed on 1-year-old at Yogurtland in San Jose may be teacher
Police are looking into social media posts claiming the woman who coughed on a 1-year-old boy is a teacher in San Jose's Oak Grove School District.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Police are looking into social media posts claiming the woman who coughed on a 1-year-old boy is a teacher in San Jose's Oak Grove School District.

She's accused of intentionally coughing on the child at the San Jose Yogurtland last Friday in a dispute over social distancing.

The boy's mother says police have shown her a photo lineup and she's identified the woman.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Dan Bowman of the San Jose Police Department's Assaults Unit at 408-277-4161.