Woman arrested for pointing gun at juvenile playing ding-dong-ditch prank

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Tiffany Nicole Hall, 40, was arrested yesterday for allegedly pointing a gun at the head of a juvenile who knocked on her door with two friends and ran.

At about 5 p.m. on February 15, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to the 3200 block of NW 18th Street, where three juveniles reportedly knocked on Hall’s door and ran, playing a prank known as “ding dong ditch.” They said they were walking down the street when a juvenile male ran after them, tackled one of them to the ground, and started punching him.

The victim said Hall walked up and pointed a gun at his head, which made him afraid he was going to die.

Post Miranda, Hall reportedly said she heard several knocks on her front door, and she and the juvenile male ran out of the house to see who had knocked. She said that when she caught up to the victim, his friends, and the juvenile male, she started yelling at the kids and telling them they could have gotten shot. She said she went to one of the juveniles’ homes and spoke with his parents. She denied brandishing the pistol but reportedly admitted she had it in her possession during the incident.

The juvenile male who allegedly tackled and punched one of the juveniles is listed as a co-defendant in the incident, but the charges aren’t public because he’s a juvenile.

Hall has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She has one misdemeanor conviction (non-violent) for resisting an officer without violence after an October 2024 arrest for disorderly conduct. Judge Jonathan Ramsey set bail at $15,000 on the new charge.

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