MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — An Iowa woman traveled back to Miami to surrender to authorities, nearly two months after she punched a teenage girl in the face while on a Carnival cruise ship, an arrest report obtained Tuesday by Local 10 News shows.
According to the report, Jennifer Frost, 44, of Collins, Iowa, was accompanied by her attorney Monday as she surrendered at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Frost faces an aggravated battery charge following the March 19 incident onboard Carnival’s Sunrise ship.
According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the victim and her family were onboard the cruise when she encountered Frost inside the Lido Market restaurant.
The victim told deputies that she was standing in line with a group of friends and family members when they were approached by Frost, who appeared to be intoxicated and tried to insert herself in their conversation, pretending to laugh as if she was part of their group.
The victim said she tried to ignore Frost as she felt “very uncomfortable,” and Frost eventually walked away.
According to the report, Frost then suddenly approached the victim on the other side of the restaurant after the victim got ice cream and punched her in the face, causing the victim’s nose to bleed heavily.
Frost then fled the area but several witnessed followed her while others contacted ship security, authorities said.
Deputies said the ship’s security team detained Frost, and she was captured on body-cam footage admitting to punching the victim in the face and expressing satisfaction with her actions.
Authorities said surveillance video from the cruise ship also captured the attack.
According to the report, while Frost was initially detained on the ship, she somehow was able to disembark the ship at PortMiami without making contact with law enforcement.
Deputies said Frost traveled back home to Iowa, but later hired an attorney and agreed to travel back to Miami to surrender herself, the report stated.
As of Tuesday morning, Frost remained at TGK. Online jail records listed her bond as “to be set.”
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