A 35-year-old woman arrested in February in connection with a child custody dispute is back in trouble again.
Trena Goist is accused of “punching out” the rear wing window of a car and then striking in the face a 12-year-old seated in the back seat at about 6 p.m. Feb. 23 on Live Oak Drive in Fruitland Park, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. The child’s mother was in the front seat of the vehicle when this occurred. Goist’s husband and their children were also present.
Goist was “very emotional” due to her husband signing the children out of school, the report indicated.
Due to Lake County Court records, Goist’s husband had filed for divorce on Feb. 17.
Goist began screaming and getting all of the children upset. The children began screaming and crying, attracting attention in the neighborhood, the report said.
The woman whose child had been struck, told a deputy she wanted to see Goist prosecuted.
Goist was arrested on charges of simple battery and disorderly conduct. She was booked at the Lake County Jail and released after posting $1,500 bond.
The other woman involved in the incident sought an order of protection against Goist, but she was denied.
On June 12, a Lake County judge issued a warrant for Goist’s arrest after she failed to show up for a court date. Her bond was also forfeited.
She was taken into custody on June 17 on the warrant charging her with failure to appear. She was booked at the Lake County Jail and this time released on a $5,000 bond from Thumpers Bail Bonds.