Gainesville woman arrested for hitting victim with a car after threatening her with a gun

Staff report

Updated on December 10 with pre-trial detention information.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Anquitte Latifah Quinn, 35, was arrested last night after allegedly following another woman to her home, pointing a gun at her, and then hitting her with a car.

At about 9:33 p.m. on December 2, Gainesville Police Department officers responded to calls about a victim being hit by a car and found the victim with serious injuries.

A witness reportedly told an officer that she was with the victim outside the victim’s home when Quinn approached and started an argument; she said Quinn pointed a pistol at the victim and yelled, “I’m going to shoot you in the <expletive> face!” while holding the gun an arm’s length from the victim.

The witness said that Quinn and the victim agreed to go somewhere else to fight because Quinn was worried that she would be attacked while she and the victim argued about fighting. According to the witness, the victim was walking in the 1200 block of SW 16th Avenue, with Quinn following in her car, and the two women were “yelling back and forth” when Quinn suddenly accelerated toward the victim, forcing her to try to jump out of the way; however, she was unsuccessful and was hit by the car. The witness said the victim held onto the car after she was hit, and Quinn “sped off” with the victim hanging on the side of her car.

The victim said Quinn slammed on her brakes after a few yards, causing her to fall to the ground. She also said this was not the first time that Quinn has attacked and threatened her, and the officer concluded that Quinn’s actions in following the victim and witness across town, pointing a gun at the victim, and hitting the victim with a car constituted “an ongoing pattern of conduct by [Quinn], specifically targeting the [victim], which serves no legitimate purpose.” The officer also noted that Quinn’s pattern of conduct “not only represents a credible threat to the [victim], but has already resulted in serious injury to the [victim].”

The witness reportedly provided video showing Quinn pointing a pistol at the victim, and she also provided video of Quinn following the victim in her car.

Post Miranda, Quinn reportedly acknowledged that she had been at the victim’s house and confirmed that the two have been engaged in an ongoing dispute. She said she did not intentionally hit the victim with her car but said the victim “jumped into her car and held onto the side of the car.” Quinn reportedly denied ever having a gun during the incident and told an officer that her pistol was locked up at her home, but the officer reported that a pistol could be seen in plain view on the driver’s side floorboard of Quinn’s car.

Quinn has been charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and aggravated stalking with a credible threat. She has one non-violent misdemeanor conviction. Judge Meshon Rawls ordered her held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s office to hold her without bail until trial. On December 9, Judge James Colaw granted the motion and ordered her held without bail until trial.

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