COCOA, Fla. – A Florida woman is under arrest after police say she let her child miss weeks of school without an excuse.
A Brevard County Sheriff’s deputy served a warrant, and arrested Brittany Nicole Messineo, 34, in Cocoa on Wednesday.
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According to the Brevard County School District, Messineo allowed her 10-year-old child to miss 33 days of school for no excused reason during a 90-day-period between Jan. 23, 2024, and April 23, 2024.
The district also said that the girl had 79 unexcused absences in the 2022-2023 school year, and 102 unexcused absences in the 2021-2022 school year.
While serving the warrant, a deputy said, “she observed a plastic baggie containing a white/bluish substance in the defendant’s breast area.”
Messineo handed over the baggie.
The deputy performed a test on the substance, and said it came back positive for fentanyl.
Messineo was arrested and booked into the Brevard County Jail.
She is charged with felony drug possession and a misdemeanor charge of failing to require her child to attend school.
As of Friday morning, Messineo remained behind bars.