Gainesville woman arrested for threatening to kill woman during live videos

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Keyonna Lakia Taylor, 24, was arrested yesterday on a warrant for allegedly threatening to kill another woman during two live videos that were posted to social media.

A Gainesville Police Department officer reported that on May 13 and May 14, Taylor posted two Facebook Live videos, 27 minutes and 38 minutes long, respectively, and made several threats directed at the victim, who is reportedly the sister of Taylor’s ex-boyfriend’s girlfriend.

The victim became aware of the videos while they were being streamed, and she screen-recorded the videos and showed them to the officer.

On May 13, Taylor allegedly threatened to “spit on” the victim and “pistol whip” the victim and a male; she did not name the victim but referenced a “girlfriend’s sister.”

On May 14, Taylor reportedly referred to the victim by her first and last name and said, “I’m talking about you!” She allegedly threatened to hit the victim with her car, trip her, and beat her, along with saying the victim was lucky she “didn’t have no [expletive] Glock, all you [expletive] woulda been down!” The officer notes that while the statement was “theoretical in nature,” it “communicates a desire and/or willingness to utilize a firearm” against the victim.

The officer noted that Taylor’s face was clearly captured in both videos.

Taylor has been charged with stalking and making a written threat to kill. She has one misdemeanor conviction (non-violent), and 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; if the judge denies the motion, bail will be set at that hearing.

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