Domestic violence report for June 10, 2026

Staff report

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – With Gainesville Police Department making domestic violence a priority, Alachua Chronicle will provide basic descriptions of domestic violence incidents as resources permit. The point is to familiarize our readers with the scope and scale of domestic violence in Alachua County, not to highlight the offenders. Names and booking photos of all of the offenders can be found in the daily Jail Booking Log.

Domestic violence arrests on June 10, 2026

  • Two witnesses reported that a homeless man punched his long-term girlfriend repeatedly in the 4100 block of NW 13th Street and knocked her to the ground. When a witness pulled the man off the victim, the man grabbed the victim by the hair. When an officer contacted the victim, she initially denied that the incident had become physical but later admitted that the man had pushed her to the ground; she said they are both addicts and were in the area to receive services. The victim had no visible injuries.
  • A woman followed a former boyfriend to his residence in Alachua and started arguing with him before trying to hit him; the victim tried to restrain the woman to avoid being hit. The defendant had scratches on his neck and hand.
  • A Celebration Pointe security guard reported that a man grabbed his pregnant girlfriend’s arm at Celebration Pointe and yelled at her until the security guard intervened. The victim had visible bruising and swelling on her arm. 
  • A woman went to the Waldo residence of the man who fathered her children and blocked the driveway with her SUV. The victim said he was in fear for his safety and the safety of their children because of the woman’s actions. 
  • In each of these incidents, what can be done to prevent them? Nothing really unless you’re in proximity and willing to put your life on the line.
    So, follow-up by trained mental health staff should be mandatory as soon as possible under court order. Repeat offenders do increasing time in lockup at a minimum. Every time they repeat, regardless of the victim. Only the courts can get this under control. You’re wasting your time and money to try and “fix it” by any other method.

    • I would like to ask the contributors that thumbs-down someone’s opinion, to at least offer a reason for your objection. The purpose of community discourse is, hopefully, to create an atmosphere of hope, that together we as a community, can get better at supporting one another. The political divide is intentional. Most of us want answers to the issues that confront us. Stop the hate. Think first and contribute with the intent of progress. We can do better by all if we want to.

    • You want to spend a bunch of money on sociologists… in one of the cases, they mentioned they were both addicts…time in jail will help clean out their systems …jail is not supposed to be a pajama party. By putting them in jail, you’re probably saving their lives from dieing of an overdose, and the crime rate will go down if they are stealing and committing crimes to support their addictions…

      I know one thing, incarceration works .

      Each time they should stay longer and longer in jail until they change their behavior…

      Stimuli and response…

      • Bull, we already have co-responders and Meridian addressing the mental health issues. We probably don’t need to expand that, but the data is not available to determine that, yet. We need more focus on the criminal aspect and can shift some funds from the ineffective gun violence initiatives because guns don’t respond to feel good programs. Guns don’t respond to anything. They are an inanimate object. Some people can change with help they can respond to. That’s human nature.

        • We need to enlarge the jail and put up a “no vacancy “ sign in the city & county…

          It’s hard to cure people who are alcoholics or addicted to drugs..

          maybe not provide free Narcan will lessen the burden on society

      • I agree that jail sentences should be longer, especially for repeat offenders. Jail sentences alone will not resolve the problem, which often has been ingrained into the abuser since childhood. Mental Health services, including anger management, are also needed during the jail time or the person will just continue the behavior after release.

  • Bullwinkle-

    Just a heads up- throwing addicts in jail doesn’t solve the underlining issue of addiction. This may come at a surprise, but jails also have drugs in them. Some more dangerous than what they were on before they went to jail, they can still die from an overdose in jail as well.
    I think to James’s point getting mental health will help them deal with the psychological side of the addiction and give them other coping mechanism to deal with ongoing life trails and tribulations, in addition with any past trauma or dealings. Even those without addiction need some type of counseling, putting your hands on people or feeling the needs to control someone is not “normal” so talking with a professional could be a step in the right direction. Being able to find the underlying root of the issue, often stems back further than adulthood and really digging those suppressed memories back up and dealing with them might actually do them some good.

    Back to your comment- “I know one thing, incarceration works”. don’t be so confident because otherwise we wouldn’t have so many REPEAT offenders.

    • Thank you Ashley for taking the time to share your thoughts. It helps to be helpful and you nailed it.

      • Absolutely. Sometimes you have to look at things deeper than surface level and I like to think about long term solutions not temporary relief.

    • I know about liars, alcoholics, drug addicts, and trespassing vagrants… they’re pathetic and responsible for their own condition…

      If you want conflict and turmoil in your life, go ahead and invite one of the above to live in your house…
      I don’t want them in my house, and Gainesville is also my home…

      Incarceration works, otherwise we wouldn’t have jails & prisons…

      • No one said they shouldn’t be responsible for their behavior or decisions. As I raised my children to know every decision/choice comes with a reward or consequence and the outcome depends on what you decide/choice.

        At the end, mental health is important and until that is recognized and dealt with throwing people in cages and expext them to come out acting civilized is crazy without offering some type of mental health treatment.

        Incarceration is modern day slavery, free labor that’s why we have jails and prisons.

        You can’t control those who live in the same city you do, they don’t have to live in your house , but like you they consider Gainesville their home as well.

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