Gainesville woman arrested for shoplifting, spitting on police officer, and injuring jail nurse

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Cindy Dosette, 43, was arrested yesterday for shoplifting and then charged with spitting on a police officer and injuring a nurse at the jail.

At about 7:27 p.m. on May 10, Dosette allegedly walked out of Walmart with items valued at $365.09 before being stopped by a Loss Prevention Officer, who recovered the items. A Gainesville Police Department officer responded and read her Miranda rights, but Dosette reportedly said she did not understand her rights. The officer attempted to clarify her rights, but she said again that she did not understand any of her rights.

As the officer was placing her in a patrol vehicle, Dosette allegedly coughed intentionally in the officer’s face and spat on his arms. Inside the patrol vehicle, she allegedly kicked the door multiple times in an attempt to get out of the vehicle.

A search incident to arrest reportedly produced about 1.4 grams of MDPV and a crack pipe.

Dosette was reportedly uncooperative and combative with jail staff and was placed into a restraint chair to be medically cleared. When a 68-year-old nurse tried to place a blood pressure cuff on her, Dosette allegedly trapped the nurse’s hand with great pressure; when the nurse said her hand was trapped and that she was in pain, Dosette allegedly applied more pressure to the nurse’s hand. Other staff members reportedly had to pull Dosette away from the victim, and the victim reported redness, swelling, numbness, and pain in her hand.

Dosette has been charged with aggravated battery by a person detained in a jail, possession of a controlled substance, battery on a police officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, and theft. She has three felony convictions (three violent, including two convictions for battery on a police officer) and eight misdemeanor convictions. Judge Phillip Pena set bail at $140,000 on the new charges.

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