Jury finds woman guilty of vehicular homicide and other charges in Butler Plaza parking lot death

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Yesterday an Alachua County jury found Jaileen Damaris Pagan, 27, guilty of vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a crash involving death, and driving without a valid license in connection with the death of Garry Pugh in a Butler Plaza parking lot on September 15, 2023.

Pagan was arrested after the Gainesville Police Department circulated a picture of the car that was suspected of hitting Pugh; a Loss Prevention Officer at Walmart had just made a note of the tag in connection with two people who allegedly took a number of items without paying and drove away after he confronted them, and the vehicle was later found to be owned by Pagan.

Assistant State Attorneys David Margulies and Cameron Life led the prosecution team, and Judge James Colaw presided over the trial, which lasted three days. The jury deliberated for over two hours before reaching a verdict. Pagan will be sentenced on September 13 and faces a maximum sentence of 45 years in prison.

Pagan is still facing charges in three other cases, including an incident in which she allegedly shot at several people, a drug possession charge, and a fleeing charge.

  • Just take it to the woods and put us out of the misery it’s causing.

  • Can’t read the neck tat, but she’ll find out how “Fearless” she is (left cheek tat) after queen Butch of the women’s Raiford wing drops by and introduces herself.

    • Why didn’t they make her remove her nose ring for her mug shot?

  • All for some beans. Seriously.

    Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap

  • What an appropriate name, “Pagan”. Wonder if she changed it to that, or was it an unfortunate family name.
    Hope she repents and turns to Jesus!

    • She’s the devils spawn… Soddom & Gommorah here with all the sexual dysphoria lgbqxyz. The devil can fool you, but not Mother Nature. This okaying of this mental disorder sexual dysphoria is an abomination before god and nature.

  • Wow so she was already on bail for shooting and witness intimidation. Ran someone over to steal 7 cans of baked beans? SMH should have just went to the food bank.

  • Medusa I love you sis forreal God got you regardless of any of our opinions!!!!

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