Pair arrested for battery on deputies who refused to remove juvenile from their home

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Chanda Demetria Lorick, 40, and Major Wilfork III, 44, were arrested last night after allegedly battering deputies who responded to Wilfork’s report of a burglary.

At about 8:50 p.m. on February 17, Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the couple’s home after Wilfork called law enforcement to report that their son had broken into his home.

When deputies arrived, Wilfork reportedly said he was tired of dealing with the juvenile and wanted him removed. However, when deputies went upstairs and spoke with the juvenile, they learned that he had lived there for over a year.

When deputies told Wilfork they could not remove the juvenile because he lived there, Wilfork allegedly told a deputy that he was going to attack the juvenile. When the deputy told him not to hit the boy, he allegedly lunged at the deputy, grabbed the deputy’s arm and vest, and headbutted the deputy. Wilfork was immediately arrested for battery on a law enforcement officer.

Lorick was reportedly also upset after deputies said that she and Wilfork would need to turn the juvenile over to the Department of Children and Families (DCF) if they no longer wanted to provide guardianship for him.

After Wilfork was placed in a patrol vehicle, Lorick reportedly said she wanted to be arrested, too, and she placed her hands behind her back. A deputy said she was not going to be arrested and that she should contact DCF for assistance; Lorick reportedly told the deputy to get out of the home, and the deputy walked outside.

Lorick reportedly followed the deputy outside, calling her derogatory names and asking what would happen if she threw a chair at her. The deputy reported that she ignored Lorick and continued to walk away, but Lorick allegedly picked up a plastic lawn chair and threw it at the deputy.

Lorick reportedly said that now the deputy had to take her to jail and again placed her hands behind her back. The deputy said she was not going to arrest Lorick and advised her to go back inside. Lorick allegedly picked up the chair and threw it at the deputy again; the deputy deflected the chair with her arm and then arrested Lorick for battery on a law enforcement officer.

Lorick has no criminal history, and Judge Meshon Rawls set bail at $10,000 and ordered her to have no contact with Wilfork or the deputies.

Wilfork has an unspecified criminal history in South Carolina and North Carolina between 2001 and 2017 but no local criminal history. Judge Rawls set bail at $50,000 and ordered him to have no contact with Lorick or the deputies.

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