What started as a stranger walking into a North Miami Beach preschool and asking to use a phone ended with a stolen iPhone, a shoving match and a scuffle with police, according to an arrest report.
Authorities say a Coral Springs woman entered the campus, grabbed a teacher’s cellphone and then turned combative when officers tried to arrest her nearby. Staff told police the woman appeared agitated and pushed a staff member before leaving with the phone.
Incident at the KLA campus
KLA Schools of North Miami Beach lists its campus at 13702 Biscayne Boulevard and says it offers care and early learning programs for infants through age 4. The school’s materials highlight safety and family engagement as key parts of its program.
Police account and charges
Officers were dispatched around 10:01 a.m. for a reported disturbance involving a stolen cellphone. Investigators say the woman followed a parent through the door, asked to use a phone, became belligerent and shoved a teacher before leaving with an iPhone 15 valued at about $1,100.
Using tracking data and video provided by the victim, police say they found the suspect at 13715 Biscayne Boulevard. According to the arrest report, she resisted detention, striking an officer with a water bottle and kicking another in the thighs.
The suspect is identified as 33-year-old Lauren Ashley Rosario. She faces counts that include grand theft, battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence, disturbing a school or religious assembly, trespassing on school grounds and battery, as reported by WSVN.
Booking and the county jail
After the arrest, Rosario was transported to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, described in the Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department records as Miami-Dade County’s main intake and booking facility and the primary location for processing arrestees.
What’s next
As of publication time, WSVN reported no public statement from school officials or a police spokesperson beyond what is contained in the arrest report. Charging documents and arraignment details are expected to appear in county public records and the Miami-Dade inmate portal as the case moves through the system.
