“I hope you had a baby in there and I hope it died”: woman arrested for kicking police officer in the hip

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Santoria Nichelle Smith, 18, was arrested late last night and charged with resisting arrest and battery on a law enforcement officer after allegedly kicking a female officer in the stomach.

A Gainesville Police Department officer responded to a call about a domestic disturbance at about 11:30 p.m. last night, but Smith had left the incident location before the officer arrived. The officer reportedly saw Smith walking down the street and got out of her patrol car to speak with her. Smith allegedly walked away from the officer, who determined that it was necessary to detain her because of the criminal investigation related to the domestic disturbance call.

After “some back and forth,” the officer told Smith she was detaining her and grabbed her wrist. Smith allegedly pulled away and continued walking away. The officer eventually got Smith into her patrol car, and Smith asked to be driven back to the incident location. Once there, she reportedly demanded that the officer let her out of the car, and the officer reportedly said she would not do that because Smith had threatened multiple times to punch her in the face.

After backup arrived, the officers decided to arrest Smith for resisting without violence, but when they tried to remove her from the car to handcuff her, Smith allegedly grabbed the interior of the car. After they pulled her out, handcuffed her, and placed her back into the patrol car, Smith allegedly kicked the female officer in the hip, just below the stomach. On the way to the jail, Smith allegedly said, “Yeah, I kicked the f*** out your stomach” and “Oh, and I hope you had a baby in there and I hope it f***in died.”

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Smith has no criminal history. Judge Walter Green set bail at $6,000.

Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. 

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