Gainesville woman arrested for puncturing boyfriend’s arm with a nail attached to a board

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Sierra Skye Fararo-Curran, 34, was arrested early this morning for allegedly hitting her boyfriend with a nail attached to a board and throwing a candle holder at him.

At about 1:12 a.m. on September 24, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy made contact with the victim near a home in the 6500 block of SW 53rd Avenue, and the victim said Fararo-Curran had attacked him the previous evening with a wooden board with a nail on the end; he said she also squeezed and twisted his testicle forcefully because she believed he was cheating on her.

The victim said Fararo-Curran also threw a candle holder at his back about two days ago and said she had regularly been attacking him, off and on, for about four months because she has not been taking her mental health medications.

The officer reported that the victim had a fresh puncture wound on his arm from the nail and a bruise and fresh gouge mark on his back from the candle holder.

Post Miranda, Fararo-Curran reportedly admitted to grabbing and twisting the victim’s testicles because she believed he was cheating on her. She denied hitting him with the board, but she said she picked up the board and took it into her bedroom because she was scared of the victim.

The officer reported finding both a board with a nail on the end and a candle holder inside the home.

Fararo-Curran has been charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and domestic battery. She has one felony conviction (non-violent) and six misdemeanor convictions (non-violent); three cases from 2025 with battery charges were later dropped, some with the same victim as this case. Judge Adam Lee set bail at $80,000 and ordered her to maintain a separate residence if she is released.

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