JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Nassau County woman faces a criminal charge after she was accused of deliberately coughing on and then threatening another shopper inside a Jacksonville store, News 6 partner WJXT reports.Debra Jo Michele Hunter, 52, of Fernandina Beach, was booked July 22 into the Duval County jail and charged with misdemeanor assault, according to jail records.
She was released the same day after posting bond.The charges stem from a June 25 incident at Pier 1 at the St. Johns Town Center.
Witnesses identified Hunter as a woman seen in a viral video berating store staff and coughing on another woman who filmed the incident.According to an incident report, Heather Sprague told police she was in the store about 2 p.m.