Woman arrested for intentionally rear-ending vehicle five times

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Aaronnette Jermeshal Lee, 35, of Williston, was arrested yesterday for allegedly intentionally rear-ending a vehicle five times.

At about 6:30 p.m. on September 3, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to the 2500 block of SW Williston Road, where both vehicles were stopped. The investigation found that Lee was driving a gold Toyota when she saw her blue Charger on Archer Road, with a former boyfriend in the front passenger seat, a woman driving, and two children, ages 1 and 4, in the back seat.

Lee allegedly turned the Toyota around and followed the victims; when the victims stopped at the light at Tower Road, Lee allegedly intentionally rear-ended the Charger, and then she backed up to rear-end the Charger four more times. The male victim got out of the Charger and argued with Lee until the light turned green, and then both vehicles continued eastbound until law enforcement made contact with them on SW Williston Road.

A deputy reported that damage on the rear driver’s side of the Charger appeared to be fresh, and the Toyota appeared to have fresh damage on the front end that corresponded to the damage on the Charger.

Lee reportedly said her sister had been driving the Charger and had left it in a parking lot, unlocked and running, and the victims had stolen it; she said that after a relative told her the Charger was stolen, she spotted it on Archer Road. She also reportedly said that she didn’t know the occupants of the Charger.

However, the deputy’s investigation found that Lee and the male victim have children in common, although those children were not in the vehicle. The deputy also concluded that Lee falsely claimed that the Charger was stolen and that she intentionally drove the Toyota into the Charger five times, with intent to cause bodily harm to the occupants.

Lee has been charged with four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of knowingly giving false information to law enforcement about an alleged crime. She has one felony conviction (non-violent) and two misdemeanor convictions (non-violent); Judge Joy Danne set bail at $105,000.

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