Gainesville woman arrested for hitting man with metal pipe, breaking apartment window and car windows

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dai-Janea Shaquan Wright, 32, was arrested early this morning and charged with aggravated battery and felony property damage after allegedly hitting a man with a metal pipe and breaking car windows and an apartment window.

At about 12:45 a.m. on December 6, Gainesville Police Department officers responded to Sweetwater Square Apartments (3501 NE 15th Street) and reported that Wright and the victim had been arguing before Wright picked up a metal pipe and used it to break the front and rear windows of the victim’s car.

Wright allegedly picked up a piece of glass from the broken car windows and threw it at the victim, then hit the victim with the metal pipe. The victim reportedly grabbed the pipe from Wright, and Wright allegedly broke a window of the apartment where the victim was staying and threw a chair at the victim.

Post Miranda, the victim reportedly said that Wright had been knocking “aggressively” on the door of the apartment before breaking the window. He said he eventually came outside and found Wright smashing his car’s windows with a metal pipe; he said Wright hit him and threw glass at him, but he was able to take the pipe from her.

Post Miranda, Wright reportedly admitted to banging on the door of the apartment and breaking the window. She said the victim came outside and “charged” at her, so she ran, picked up a metal pipe from the ground, and started breaking the windows of the victim’s car. She said that she walked back toward the apartment, picked up a child’s chair, and threw it at the victim.

A witness reportedly told an officer he saw Wright and the victim fighting, and it looked like they were fighting over a metal pipe. He said it looked to him like Wright started to walk away, but then the victim said something to her, and she started fighting with the victim again.

The officer reported that the victim had injuries in the shoulder area that were bleeding, along with a small laceration on his arm. Wright reportedly had injuries to her fingers that were bleeding.

The officer estimated the damage to the car and the window at about $2,000.

Wright was treated at an emergency room before being transported to the jail.

Wright has been charged with aggravated battery and felony property damage. She has no local criminal convictions, and Judge David Kreider set bail at $15,000.

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