Man on pre-trial release arrested during investigation of shots fired at Hickory Place Apartments
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Adam Wayne Christmas, Jr., 21, was arrested yesterday and charged with loitering/prowling and resisting an officer without violence during an investigation of shots fired at Hickory Place Apartments (4000 SW 23rd St). He was released from the Alachua County Jail three weeks ago after being arrested for aggravated domestic battery.
Gainesville Police Department Officers responded to the apartment complex at about 6:30 p.m. on Friday night, where Christmas was reportedly seen walking through the complex; Christmas reportedly matched the description of a suspect who had fired shots and fled the area on foot. Witnesses reportedly told officers that they had seen Christmas run into the wood line and then back into the complex before officers located him.
When Christmas saw the officers, he allegedly ran but was apprehended.
Post Miranda, Christmas was reportedly unable to provide a reason for being at the complex. He reportedly mentioned a friend named Seth, but he could not provide Seth’s apartment number, and an officer was unable to reach Seth after Christmas gave the officer permission to use his phone.
Christmas was previously arrested on April 8 for aggravated domestic battery after allegedly breaking a woman’s nose; he has also been formally charged with battery and resisting an officer without violence in that case. The State Attorney’s Office (SAO) made a motion to hold him without bail until trial, based on the charge of aggravated battery and the “substantial probability that the defendant poses the threat of harm to the community.” However, after the first scheduled hearing on the motion was continued, the motion was withdrawn by the SAO, and Judge David Kreider set bail at $20,000; Christmas posted bail on April 25 and was released with an ankle monitor.
Christmas has no criminal convictions, but a charge of battery was dropped in 2022, and a felony charge of domestic battery by strangulation was dropped in 2023. Judge James Colaw set bail on the new misdemeanor charges at $2,000 and ordered Christmas held without bail in the aggravated battery case.
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.
another good one
All he us doing is following in his daddy’s criminal foot steps. Domestic violence is sometimes learned behavior passed downed from parent to child. Christmas only knows violence in relationships from his daddy’s actions and behavior. Hopefully GPD will follow up with a firearms search. Christmas definitely needs a behavioral adjustment. The whole thing of letting him off on weak bond and pre trial is an example of the wellness of the State Attorney Office and Judges. The Wellness is not good.
Want to reduce crime in Alachua County try keeping these pos in jail until time for trial. Vote DA’s and Judges in office who will do their dam jobs
They are all jaded, the public lawyers and judges. If the jail is overcrowded, then set up more barbed wire fenced areas and rotate the inmates indoors/outdoors all day.
But is it “overcrowded”, or the lawyers just want to groom repeat offenders and escalate their offenses?👿🤡👺💩👹ACLU/D
This kid is trouble. The authorities need to take it seriously and give him some jail time.
If he was on GPS why was he allowed to be out wondering around. Questions need to be asked to the people monitoring and they should be facing disciplinary action.
Just like the two that was died in the Waldo wreck they had gps monitoring sounds like who ever job is to monitor them needs firing
Low or no bail! Ankle monitors that are not monitored. And Kramer wants to be re-elected!!!
Ya’ll can do better G’ville. Vote his a@# out of office.
Former charges dropped (and this circuit’s DA wants to be reelected) and another “pre-trial release.”
I seem to remember the SAO publishing a letter on the AC a few months ago saying that they deserved more money. Hard to support that given the constant barrage of questionable decisions from that office.
I would like to know why the SAO withdrew the motion to hold without bail? This doofus clearly is a slow learner: three previous domestic battery incidents, released on pretrial and then immediately goes out to try and start another one.
It’s not like this guy is a smalltime drug dealer and the state is trying to follow his movements to catch a bigger fish. There is no reason to let this POS out of jail.