Man arrested for threatening customer at Gainesville Shopping Center and head-butting officer
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Woodrow Tyrone Rochelle, 47, was arrested yesterday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery on an officer after allegedly threatening a customer at Gainesville Shopping Center with a stick and head-butting an officer.
Gainesville Police Department officers responded to the shopping center at 1302 N. Main Street at about 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday, where the victim told an officer that Rochelle had a stick with a nail protruding from it and had swung the stick at him, causing him to run into a business and call 911. The victim described his assailant as a black male wearing camo pants and a black shirt.
An officer found Rochelle, wearing the clothes described by the victim and carrying a large section of a wood pallet, behind the business and gave commands for Rochelle to drop the stick. Rochelle reportedly dropped the stick but tried to pull away from the officer; the officer took him into custody after a brief struggle.
While a different officer was searching Rochelle after he was arrested, Rochelle allegedly turned and “head-butted” the officer in the face. The officer was not injured.
Rochelle has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, battery on a law enforcement officer, and resisting an officer without violence. He has eight felony convictions (two violent) and 18 misdemeanor convictions (two violent). Judge Thomas Jaworski set bail at $210,000.
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If only things had been done differently 5 convictions ago 🤔
Another product of a failed weak and woke local judicial system.
Why is he not in prison?
If people would believe in the second amendment and Florida Stand your ground, law this crap will stop after a few were put down
Areola and Poes legacy homeys When you vote keep that in mind.
This thug needs to be off the streets where he threatens other people. He’s obviously a dangerous nutcase.
Claw back previous judge paychecks and attorney fees. Put juries in charge to judge the ENTIRE records of suspects, including personal character. Then keep them locked, or ship them out.
Jaworski must be running for reelection, the bail amounts are getting higher!!