Domestic violence report for June 25-26, 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 25, 2026

• ASO responded to Brookside Apartments in Newberry and arrested a man for allegedly hitting his wife’s shoulder. Post Miranda, the man said he got frustrated with the victim and “slapped” her shoulder, possibly causing her to fall backwards. He was charged with domestic battery.
• GPD responded to Pointe 23 Apartments and arrested a man for allegedly punching his pregnant on-and-off girlfriend in the face and stomach multiple times; the victim said she had told the man she was pregnant, but he did not believe her. The victim did not have obvious injuries but was vomiting. Post Miranda, the man said they were arguing, and the victim stabbed him with a fork and hit him, so he put her belongings outside and left; he said he does not believe the victim is pregnant. The man showed officers surveillance video from the living room that reportedly showed the victim throwing an empty plastic bottle at the man, followed by the man punching the victim multiple times in the face and stomach area; the video did not show the victim stabbing the man with a fork. After watching the video, the man said that after the victim threw the plastic bottle at him, he punched her twice in the face. The man was charged with domestic aggravated battery of a pregnant victim.

Domestic violence arrests on June 26, 2026

• ASO responded to a residence in Newberry, where a woman had been arguing with her sister over the phone about a phone charger. The woman told the deputy that she falsely told her sister she had damaged her property so her sister would come home and she could get the phone charger from her. After the sister returned home and found that her property had not been damaged, she started to leave, and the deputy reported that in his presence, the woman got in the victim’s face while still confronting her about the phone charger; the woman then allegedly shoved her sister in the back as the victim was walking away. The woman was charged with domestic battery.
• ASO responded to a residence in unincorporated Alachua County, where the victim said her daughter had punched her in the face. The daughter reportedly said her mother had pushed her in the face first, but after a mutual fight, she walked away; later, her mother started throwing her belongings out of the residence, and she punched her mother in the face. A juvenile witness said she did not see who started the fight, but she saw the daughter punch the victim. The daughter was charged with domestic battery.
• GPD responded to Hunters Crossing Apartments, where a woman allegedly punched her boyfriend repeatedly on the back of his head during an argument. The victim went to an emergency room for treatment, and the officer reported that the victim had no visible injuries and that she kept changing her story. The victim reportedly changed his story after learning that the woman was going to be arrested and said she never punched him; he also reportedly called another adult at the residence and told him to tell the police that nothing happened. The woman was charged with domestic battery.
• GPD responded to the northwest Walmart, where a woman reportedly followed her boyfriend into the woods after he walked away during an argument; when she walked into the woods, she reportedly left their four-year-old daughter alone in her car. The woman had scratches on her neck and arms, and the victim had a bruise around his eye and a scratch on his face. The woman said they had “tussled” in the woods and admitted to following the man after he walked away from her. The victim said at first that nothing happened between them; he later confirmed the woman’s story but said he didn’t want her to get in trouble. The woman was charged with domestic battery.
• GPD responded to an abandoned building on NE 15th Street, where the victim said her boyfriend punched her and choked her until she lost consciousness. She said that when she woke up, she tried to leave, but her boyfriend forcibly raped her and then strangled her again until she lost consciousness. The victim had scratches on her neck and upper body, a contusion on her lip, and a large abrasion on her forehead and was treated at an emergency room. The man told the officer that the woman slapped him first and admitted to choking her, but he said she faked being unconscious. He said they had consensual sexual intercourse but was unable to describe how she gave consent, although he told the officer how she had given consent in previous sexual encounters. He was charged with sexual battery, domestic battery by strangulation, and felony domestic battery.
• GPD responded to Oak Gate Condominiums, where a woman was arrested for hitting her boyfriend on the leg with a shoe. The victim showed the officer a video of the incident; he did not have any visible injuries and refused medical treatment. The officer reported that GPD had responded to the residence “numerous” times that day because of arguments between the couple. The woman was charged with domestic battery.
• GPD arrested a homeless man for allegedly threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend and stalking her with repeated phone calls and text messages; he was charged with domestic aggravated stalking and making a written threat to kill. Click here for our article about that incident.