Gainesville woman on pre-trial release arrested for trying to hit man with her vehicle

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Scherymee Tierra Pinckney, 37, has been charged with attempting to hit a man with her vehicle during an argument.

At about 7:46 p.m. on June 30, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to a call about an armed disturbance in the Cedar Grove area. The officer reviewed video captured by a neighbor that reportedly showed Pinckney driving toward the victim in an attempt to hit him, while the victim ran away from her vehicle.

The victim said he and Pinckney had gotten into an argument, and she tried to hit him with her vehicle.

Post Miranda, Pinckney reportedly said she had gotten into an argument with the victim and his family, and during the argument, the victim hit her vehicle with a shovel, and then the victim’s mother pulled out a firearm and threatened her with it. She said that when she saw the firearm, she tried to drive away, “spinning out” in the grass. She denied trying to hit the victim and said he was not in the area when she tried to drive away. However, the officer’s description of the video did not support her account.

When the officer placed Pinckney in handcuffs, she allegedly said she would not get into the patrol vehicle, and officers had to physically place her in the vehicle. While she was being transported to the jail, she reportedly started hitting her head on the glass of the patrol vehicle and kicking the window. The officer pulled over to restrain her, and when he removed her from the vehicle, she allegedly spat toward two officers. She was taken to the ground and allegedly said again that she would not get back into the patrol vehicle; she was again physically placed in the vehicle.

The officer noted that Pinckney also threatened to kill him or have someone kill him.

Pinckney has been charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and resisting an officer with violence. Pinckney has three misdemeanor convictions (two violent) and is on pre-trial release following a May arrest in Bradford County for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and felony property damage.

Judge Joy Danne noted that she did not find probable cause for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer; she only found probable cause for battery on a law enforcement officer. She set bail at $20,000.

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