OCALA, Fla. (WESH) – An 81-year-old Florida woman was arrested last week after allegedly pepper-spraying her neighbors, including two young girls.

Ada Anderson was arrested after police say she pepper-sprayed her neighbor, April Morant, and her two daughters, ages 3 and 6.

Morant said her children were pepper-sprayed over their use of bubbles.

“Bubbles. Literally. The bubbles put her [Anderson] in a whole other arena, whatever was going on with her mind,” Morant said.

Morant said her daughters were playing with bubbles in their yard “well away” from the fence that separates their properties when Anderson allegedly yelled racial slurs and leaned over the fence holding something.

“What went through my head is I thought she had a gun, so I literally kind of jumped, like it startled me …

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