Kids Were Blowing Bubbles on a Quiet Street — Until a Woman Allegedly Attacked Them with 'Bear Mace' and Racist Abuse

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April Morant and her children were blowing bubbles in their driveway when their neighbor allegedly got upset, police said

The neighbor, Ada Anderson, 81, allegedly sprayed them with pepper spray

Anderson is facing felony battery charges

An 81-year-old Florida woman is facing felony charges after she allegedly sprayed two young girls with pepper spray and called them racial slurs because they were blowing bubbles, authorities said.

On Friday, May 30, April Morant of Ocala called 911 to report that her neighbor, Ada Anderson, had allegedly "sprayed bear mace" on her and her two daughters, ages 6 and 3, according to the arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.

Morant told deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office that she and her daughters were in the driveway of their p