Gainesville man arrested after allegedly threatening to kill mental health professional conducting a home visit

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – David Milton Woodbury, 66, was arrested yesterday after allegedly threatening to kill a mental health professional conducting a home visit; he then allegedly stopped her from getting in her car, chased her, and kept her from leaving. She was eventually able to escape to a neighboring house.

At about 5:04 p.m. on November 15, multiple Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 6400 block of SW 78th Street, where they found Woodbury inside the victim’s car.

The victim said she had been conducting a routine visit at Woodbury’s home when he became aggressive; when she tried to calm him down to give him his medications, she said, he became agitated and said he was going to kill her. She said he blocked her from getting back into her car, threatened her, and chased her, causing her to fear for her life. She said he tried to prevent her from leaving his residence, but she managed to run away to a neighboring house until deputies arrived.

Deputies reportedly found Woodbury inside the victim’s car and said he did not respond to multiple attempts to get him out of the vehicle. After Woodbury reportedly said he had a firearm, a K-9 team tried to apprehend him; Woodbury allegedly hit the K-9’s head several times with a closed fist.

At that point, deputies approached the vehicle to detain Woodbury, and he allegedly threw a coffee mug at a deputy, spilling the contents on the deputy.

Post Miranda, Woodbury reportedly refused to answer any questions.

Woodbury has been charged with battery on a deputy, battery on a K-9, false imprisonment, and resisting an officer without violence.

Woodbury’s local arrest history goes back to 1981, but he has no criminal convictions. He was found incompetent to proceed in 1988 and completed Mental Health Court in 2010. Judge Susanne Wilson Bullard ordered him held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s office to hold him without bail until trial.

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