Homeless woman arrested for intentionally burning hotel employee’s hand

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jerrica Michelle Conley, 36, was arrested yesterday for allegedly intentionally burning a hotel employee’s hand after she was asked to leave the hotel.

At about 11:25 a.m. on April 2, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to the Hampton Inn (101 SE 1st Ave.), where the victim said she had found Conley on the second floor of the hotel and knew that Conley had been told to leave numerous times. The victim said she escorted Conley to the lobby and told her she had to leave.

Conley reportedly stopped to get coffee from the coffee station in the lobby, and the victim again told her to leave and placed her hand under the spout; Conley allegedly turned on the spout, causing hot coffee to spill onto the victim’s hand. Several other employees helped escort Conley out of the hotel.

Another employee of the hotel reportedly witnessed the incident, and the officer reported that the victim’s hand was red and slightly swollen.

Conley, whose address is listed as St. Francis House, has been charged with simple battery. She has five misdemeanor convictions (non-violent); Judge William Davis ordered her released on her own recognizance.

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