Jail inmate charged with attacking another inmate

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Itionna Lajancia Nyjah Thompkins, 24, a jail inmate, has been charged with attacking another inmate in their pod’s shower room.

According to the responding Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy, at about 8:15 p.m. on October 13, Thompkins approached the victim in the shower room of their housing pod, punched her several times, and scratched her. The deputy noted that the victim suffered a bruise and several scratches.

The deputy reported that as Thompkins was escorted to the interview room, she could be heard saying, “I’m gonna bury that [expletive]” and “I should’ve flipped that [expletive].”

Post Miranda, Thompkins reportedly admitted to hitting the victim multiple times and also said she was the primary aggressor and the victim never hit her.

The deputy noted that surveillance video showed Thompkins aggressively approaching and battering the victim.

Thompkins has been charged with battery by a person in a detention facility. She was arrested on October 3 for allegedly hitting a vehicle with a pipe. She has juvenile convictions between 2013 and 2017, four adult felony convictions (three violent), and seven adult misdemeanor convictions (one violent).

In June 2024, Thompkins was arrested for punching a relative and threatening her with a knife. She was formally charged with domestic battery and sentenced to a year of probation in August 2024, but she failed to report to her probation officer, provide proof of enrolling into substance abuse and mental health treatment, or submit to random urine testing, and a warrant for her arrest was issued in September 2024. She was arrested on the warrant in February 2025, and in March, Judge Kristine Van Vorst reinstated her probation with day reporting and a new completion date of November 11. Her probation officer reported that she never reported and never called; after the probation officer got an updated phone number from Thompkins’ mother, Thompkins reportedly promised to report the next day but did not show up and stopped responding to phone calls. A warrant for her arrest was issued in March, and she was also arrested on that warrant on October 3.

Thompkins is being held without bail until the probation violation is resolved, her bail for the October 3 incident is $1,000, and today Judge Susan Miller-Jones added $25,000 bail on the battery charge.

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