Man on probation arrested for threatening to kill victim and taking her house key

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Eric Jermaine Turner, 30, was arrested on Friday on a warrant for domestic battery, robbery, and making a written threat to kill a woman if his ankle monitor’s battery died before she drove him back to the charger.

An Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy met the victim on March 30, and she said Turner had been living at her apartment for about two months; she said they had argued that day, Turner slapped her and then choked her, and when she started yelling at him, he covered her face with a blanket to muffle her screams.

She said that when Turner calmed down, he asked her to take him to a residence in the Phoenix area, and after he got out of the car, she drove away. She said she was nervous about returning to her apartment, so she drove around for about two hours, and during that time, Turner started texting her; he was angry that his ankle monitor was about to die and the charger was at her apartment. He allegedly sent “vulgar” messages about the ankle monitor, so she blocked his phone number, but then she started receiving messages from a new number that were obviously from Turner because they continued to be vulgar while demanding his ankle monitor charger. One message reportedly said that if his ankle monitor died, the victim would also die.

When the victim returned to her residence, Turner was reportedly standing outside her apartment, waiting for her; she started running, and Turner allegedly chased her, caught her by her hair, and threw her to the ground. She dropped her wallet, and Turner took the house key that was attached to her wallet, went into the apartment, changed his clothes, and took the ankle monitor charger.

The deputy reported that he was able to review the text messages, which included threats of death.

A sworn complaint was filed, charging Turner with making a written threat to kill, robbery (for taking the house key), domestic battery by strangulation, and domestic battery. A warrant for Turner’s arrest was issued on April 2, and he was arrested on April 3.

Turner has four felony convictions (one violent) and nine misdemeanor convictions (two violent), and he is on probation for burglary of an occupied structure. He has served one state prison sentence for aggravated stalking after an injunction for protection and was released in July 2025. Judge Robert Groeb set bail at $100,000 in the warrant, and Judge William Davis confirmed that bail at Turner’s first appearance hearing.

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