Former pharmacist on probation arrested for burglary and property damage after former boyfriend reportedly finds her in his bedroom

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Christine Anne Brunetti, 42, was arrested yesterday after her former boyfriend allegedly woke up to find her standing over his bed, holding his cat; after he asked her to leave, she allegedly damaged his door and threw a patio chair through a window. Brunetti, who was a pharmacist when she was last arrested in 2023, is on probation for aggravated stalking.

An Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a home in the Eagle Point subdivision, where the victim reportedly said he awakened at about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday night to find Brunetti standing over his bed, holding his cat. He said she asked him why he had stopped speaking to her three weeks ago, following a two-month relationship. She reportedly demanded her trailer back, and the victim said it was parked out front and escorted her to the front door.

The victim said that he closed and locked the door after she left, but she immediately started banging on the door and trying to open it. Brunetti allegedly picked up a patio chair and threw it at a nearby window, shattering the window. The victim said he pressed the panic alarm button for his vehicle, and Brunetti left in her vehicle.

The deputy reported that the front door was damaged and the top half of the window was shattered, with glass shards on the floor and on furniture inside the house. The victim’s roommate reportedly told the deputy that he heard banging on the front door, and when he walked to the front door, he saw the window get “smashed” and heard a truck leave.

The victim told the deputy that Brunetti never lived at the house and never had a key. He estimated the damage at about $650.

Brunetti was reportedly arrested the next day at her home. Post Miranda, she reportedly declined to answer questions. She has been charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling and property damage over $200.

Brunetti has one felony conviction (one violent) after entering a plea of nolo contendere in the aggravated stalking case; a charge of sending a written threat to kill was dropped as part of the plea deal, and she was sentenced to three years of probation, with adjudication of guilt withheld. Judge Kristine Van Vorst ordered her held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s Office to hold her without bail until trial.

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