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March 10, 2010

Domestic Battery Charges Reduced To Criminal Mischief For Former Gator Football Player

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Woody Pierre-Louis, who was
arrested on charges of
domestic battery, had his
battery charges reduced
to criminal mischief in Gainesville Wednesday. The former Gator
football player was originally arrested on January 17 and faced
numerous charges including burglary,
domestic battery by strangulation and
kidnapping.

The
reduced charges cover damage Pierre-Louis caused to a door and cell phone. He was given one year
probation for the
criminal mischief
charges. Reading the story originally published by Florida Today it
seems the Gainesville state attorney may have overcharged the former
Gator or his Florida criminal defense attorney did an excellent job in representing him or maybe both. 

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March 9, 2010

Man Leaves Jail After Suspended License Arrest And Is Then Gunned Down In Dade City

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Armando Uribe, Jr. was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended license and spent 10 days in jail. After he was released from Land O’Lakes jail Sunday, he was found dead early Tuesday morning lying in a Pasco County street with a gunshot wound.

Uribe has been arrested in Pasco County previously on charges of domestic battery, drug possession and failing to appear in court. The death has been ruled a homicide by sheriff’s deputies but no suspect’s names have been released as of yet according to TBO.com. The 39-year-old was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

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March 9, 2010

Manhunt Ends For Holiday Man Facing Cocaine, Battery And Possible Attempted Murder Charges

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Tarenzo Ladarius Smith is going to need a good Pinellas Criminal Attorney because it seems like the 20-year-old is going to need one according to TampaBay.com. Smith was arrested following a manhunt that spanned Pasco and Pinellas counties and included a helicopter and a K-9 unit. He was wanted on warrants for sale of cocaine and a battery charge. The article also states that Smith is wanted by Tarpon Springs police in connection to an attempted murder in Pasco County.

Smith has a long record that started with a domestic battery charge at the age of 12. He was arrested in Pasco County a few years later on another battery charge. There are also arrests for possession of marijuana and cocaine and armed burglary according to records in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. He was booked into Pinellas County jail.

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March 4, 2010

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Posted By 1 800 FIGHT IT

An Apopka police officer who allegedly
fired a gun at her husband of less than a month has been charged with
aggravated battery with a
deadly weapon.
This is not the first arrest for the veteran police officer. According
to the Orlando Sentinel Culver was arrested in 2007 for a Lake Mary DUI and
battery on a law enforcement official charge. Those charges were reduced to
disorderly conduct.

Culver is on unpaid leave from the police department. She posted $10,000 bail and has left the
Seminole County Jail. This is her third marriage and she has been ordered to have no contact with her current husband following the
battery. Culver had apparently been drinking heavily the night of the shooting and then swallowed p
rescription pills before driving away from the house according to the Orlando newspaper. No charges were filed for
drunk driving. 

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January 26, 2010

Florida Woman Shoots At Boyfriend With A Shotgun Due To Self-Admitted Stupidity

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Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested Susan N. Robbins on charges of
aggravated assaultand discharging a firearm in public. The woman shot the ground about six inches from her boyfriend in what she later described as an act of “stupidity” according to a story on TampaBay.com. Robbins’ boyfriend, Jackson L. Prescott, has been in prison five times on convictions for grand theft and
aggravated battery.

Robbins is being held at Pasco County jail. She told deputies that Prescott, who is now her ex-boyfriend had a history of abuse and lies. She said she wanted to stop him from hurting the new woman in his life. The story reports that this is the first arrest for Robbins and that Prescott was not hurt in the incident.

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January 20, 2010

Bradenton Man Charged With Domestic Battery For Throwing Chihuahua At His Wife

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A Bradenton, Florida man has been charged with  domestic battery and animal cruelty after he threw a caged Chihuahua at his wife. According to a Bradenton Police Department report the incident took place in the midst of an argument. Adam Keenan was  arrested just after midnight Tuesday.

The 34-year-old was  arrested at his residence. According to the Bradenton Herald, the man’s stepdaughter told the police about the alleged domestic violence. Police did not observe any injuries to the woman or the dog when they arrived on the scene. Keenan reportedly admitted to throwing the dog but said it was an accident.

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January 11, 2010

Felony Domestic Battery Charges Filed Against Tampa Bay Buccaneer

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Tampa Bay Buccaneer Jermaine Phillips has been accused of choking his wife and is now in a tampa jail on felony domestic battery charges. The safety is being held without bail in Hillsborough County jail on third-degree felony charges according to TampaBay.com. According to the story Phillips argued with his wife and then grabbed her by the neck impeding her breathing. The Buccaneer allegedly admitted to pushing his wife by her neck and he is being held without bail.

Phillips is a free agent and spent and spent most of 2009 on injured reserve after breaking his thumb. It seems unlikely the former Georgia Bulldog will be back in Tampa next season. The Buccaneer issued a statement saying they are aware of the case and are following the situation. Phillips and his wife live in northwest Tampa on Derbyshire Drive.

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January 11, 2010

Hernando Man In Jail For Domestic Battery After Spitting At And Slapping His Mom

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A Hernando County man is in jail on charges of Domestic Battery after allegedly spitting in his mother’s face and slapping her as well. Johnny Lee Barnthouse denied striking his mother but he did admit to spitting on her. He was taken to Hernando County jail and was being held without bond.

The incident took place Saturday morning. Barnthouse allegedly slapped the eyeglasses off of his mother’s face after spitting on her numerous times. Barnthouse lives on Roosevelt Avenue in Masaryktown, Florida.

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December 16, 2009

St. Petersburg Woman Arrested For Domestic Battery With Beer

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Melva Ann Wixon was taken to Pinellas County jail on charges of domestic battery after she poured a beer on her boyfriend. Yes you heard right. She was arrested for battery! Wixon came home from a bar and poured a beer on her sleeping boyfriend who called police and that led to her arrest.

According to the story in the St. Petersburg Times Wixon was angry that her boyfriend, Eric Hartman, is moving to Ohio. So she poured a beer on him and now she is still sitting in jail as of Wednesday morning.

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