Beloved crossing guard hospitalized, battling complications from COVID-19
A beloved school crossing guard in the battle of her life.
58-year-old Norma Mendez has been hospitalized at Houston Methodist Clear Lake for nearly two months after catching COVID-19 back in May.
Her family and friends have gathered almost daily since then praying for a miracle.
“We need people like my mom here that are just the most amazing people in the world,” said her daughter Natalie Mendez.
Mendez, who’s a crossing guard at Jacinto City Elementary School, was also diagnosed with pneumonia and has been on a ventilator for 48 days due to complications resulting from COVID. Her family said she was planning to be vaccinated.
It was more like a draw in Miami-Dade County Court Thursday, as the prosecutor announced the state would not be going ahead with a plea deal, as had been discussed. The state is not ready at this time, said assistant state attorney Natalie Mendez. The state has just received new information which requires further investigation in order to offer any plea.
That new information was a doctor’s report finding that one of Davis’ victims, Pearl Rojo, suffered permanent hearing damage from what she alleges was a punch to the head by Davis.
Coral Gables police say it happened Feb. 1, 2020, after video shows Davis walking along the basketball court endline toward a courtside seat where the mother of one of his children was sitting.