Overview

• Monroe faces second-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child charges after her arraignment Wednesday in Central Islip
• During the hearing, the court released her with a GPS ankle monitor and issued an order of protection to safeguard the 14-year-old victim
• Suffolk County Police allege Monroe intervened in a dispute between her 15-year-old daughter and another student and struck the girl multiple times with a metal water bottle
• The victim, a rising 10th grader at Brentwood High School, was treated at a local hospital for head wounds requiring 17 stitches
• A school security guard broke up the altercation and district officials condemned the behavior as unacceptable