Gainesville woman arrested for attacking another woman with a bat at Hickory Hills Apartments
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Erica Nichol Williams, 39, was arrested early this morning and charged with swinging a bat at another woman at Hickory Hills Apartments (3900 block of SW 17th Lane).
The victim told the responding Gainesville Police Department officer that Williams showed up while she was moving out of an apartment at Hickory Hills; Williams is reportedly the godsister of another person who lives in the victim’s former apartment. The victim said Williams stood in her way while she was trying to transport her belongings to her new apartment, and when she asked Williams to move, she said Williams said she had “something for your a**.”
The victim said Williams went to her vehicle, came back with a bat, and swung it at least three times at her but missed. The victim said she was in fear for her life and backed away from Williams. The victim said Williams pointed the bat at her face, touching her nose, and said she was “tired of her [expletive]” before driving away.
A witness reportedly said Williams lived at “Village Green” and that she had argued with the victim, but he declined to say anything more.
Two other witnesses reportedly said they saw Williams yelling at the victim in the parking lot before taking a “long stick-like object” from her vehicle and swinging it multiple times at the victim. They said Williams drove away with a man in a black vehicle.
The officer went to Sweetwater Square Apartments (formerly known as Village Green) and located Williams.
Post Miranda, Williams reportedly said she and her boyfriend had been invited to the first witness’s apartment, and while the victim was moving, she intentionally bumped into her in the parking lot. Williams reportedly said the victim took a “crack pipe” from her purse and started walking toward her, so out of fear, she went to her vehicle to get her bat, walked back toward the victim, and intentionally swung her bat at the victim.
Williams has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and felony battery with previous battery convictions. She has four felony convictions (four violent) and five misdemeanor convictions (three violent); sworn complaints for battery and property damage were filed in 2024 but later dropped. Judge James Colaw set bail at $25,000.
Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
What’s going on? All these violent attacks on people seem to be happening by a particular group. Not pointing fingers. Just saying umm?
Tribal.
Often against themselves too.
BLM was a myth created by those hoping to milk people of both money and empathy.
Guess it worked.
Some of it is cultural, but damn whites got their issues too. Most of the meth and crack heads?…white.
Dont matter what color you’re talking about, some scum bags need taken off the streets.
Crimes are committed by all races DB that’s the truth. However, per the FBI stats this particular group commits 72% of all crime in the USA and 52% of all murders. Those stats are particularly startling when one realizes this group is only 13 % of the population. It’s the elephant in the room that no politician dares talk about much less try to do anything about.
“Of all adults arrested in 2019, 69.9 percent were White, 26.1 percent were Black or African American, and 4.0 percent were of other races.”
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/tables/table-43
“As of 2022, Black people were admitted to jail at more than four times the rate of White people and stayed in jail for 12 more days on average..”
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2023/05/racial-disparities-persist-in-many-us-jails
“In 2023, 17.9 percent of Black people living in the United States were living below the poverty line, compared to 7.7 percent of white people. That year, the total poverty rate in the U.S. across all races and ethnicities was 11.1 percent.”
https://www.statista.com/statistics/200476/us-poverty-rate-by-ethnic-group/
We incarcerate the highest number of citizens among the developed countries of the world, including the dictatorship China, so that is “being done” about it.
Guess we’re not as civilized as we think.
Would also think some shouldn’t be blaming racial profiling for arrests either.
BS
“Of all adults arrested in 2019, 69.9 percent were White, 26.1 percent were Black or African American, and 4.0 percent were of other races..”
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/tables/table-43
“Black Americans are imprisoned at 5 times the rate of white people, and American Indians and Hispanic people are imprisoned at 4 times and 2 times the white rate, respectively. Black and Hispanic people make up 33% of the U.S. population but 56% of the incarcerated population.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#:~:text=Black%20Americans%20are%20imprisoned%20at,56%25%20of%20the%20incarcerated%20population.
As to trying “to do something about it”, we’ve tried jail.
“Since 2002, the United States has had the highest incarceration rate in the world. Although prison populations are increasing in some parts of the world, the natural rate of incarceration for countries comparable to the United States tends to stay around 100 prisoners per 100,000 population. The U.S. rate is 500 prisoners per 100,000 residents, or about 1.6 million prisoners in 2010, according to the latest available data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).1”
https://www.prb.org/resources/u-s-has-worlds-highest-incarceration-rate/
“In 2023, 17.9 percent of Black people living in the United States were living below the poverty line, compared to 7.7 percent of white people. That year, the total poverty rate in the U.S. across all races and ethnicities was 11.1 percent.”
https://www.statista.com/statistics/200476/us-poverty-rate-by-ethnic-group/
Well…….Tell me what the stats say about serial killers and school shooters…….. No culture is perfect for all y’all that want to stereotype.
Stay WOKE yall
What is a god sister??? Gimme a break
looks like something out of saurons orc army
Stop it, that’s not nice!
More ‘sophisticated ‘ behavior from the culture of violence
OK, “culture of violence” fits the US.
Certain ‘cultures’ are much more violent than others. Check the FBI statistics unless the facts are too much for a liberal mind which is usually devoid of logic.
What race is most of the FBI? Case closed.
Haha Jazzy got himself a touch of the Jungle Fever
Holy Bat guano Robin!
“Bat Girl’ strikes again!