Woman arrested for shooting at ex-boyfriend’s mother

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Monica Reshai Paul, 30, was arrested yesterday and charged with aggravated assault after allegedly breaking the window of her ex-boyfriend’s car and shooting at his mother when confronted about it.

At about 11:44 p.m. on October 10, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to an apartment in the Sugarlane area (1200 block of SW 61st St) after multiple calls were received about gunshots. The victim also called law enforcement and reported that she had been shot at.

The victim reportedly told the deputy she heard a loud “boom” in the parking lot, went outside, and saw that the rear window of her son’s vehicle had been shattered by a large rock. She said she saw Paul standing in the grass next to the parking lot, and the two women began arguing. The victim reportedly said she would call law enforcement to get Paul off the property, and Paul allegedly said she didn’t “give a f*** about the police,” pulled a gun from her purse, and fired several shots at the victim. The victim said she ran inside her apartment, and Paul reportedly left on foot before the deputy arrived.

At about 4:01 p.m. on October 12, a Gainesville Police Department officer made contact with Paul at her residence, and the deputy responded to the scene to interview her. Post Miranda, Paul reportedly said she had gotten into an argument earlier in the day with her ex-boyfriend and he had threatened to break his own car windows if she called law enforcement about a previous domestic incident. She said she had never been at the victim’s apartment and denied all allegations made by the victim.

Paul has one local misdemeanor conviction (non-violent) and multiple convictions in Putnam County for petit theft, grand theft, and fraudulent use of a credit card. She has pending charges in Alachua County for petit theft and resisting an officer without violence. Judge Adam Lee ordered her held without bail.

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