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Gainesville [FL] woman arrested after assaulting, attempting to stab man with drill
WCJB ^ | 8/21/2026 | Staff

Posted on 08/22/2026 1:55:48 PM PDT by simpson96

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County deputies arrested Lakeyra Ross, 43, of Gainesville Wednesday night after she allegedly assaulted and attempted to stab a man with an electric drill.

Deputies say Ross also pulled out a pocket knife during the fight and hit the victim multiple times in the head and neck area, causing deep cuts in the victim’s neck.

After trying to leave, Ross pulled the victim back by his undershirt before he eventually got away, running outside.

Once outside, Ross grabbed the drill and attempted to stab the victim in his shoulder, leaving a bruise on his shoulder consistent with a drill bit, according to deputies.

The victim lives with Ross, making the incident domestic in nature.

She is being charged with aggravated battery and assault.


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She was determined to finish the job.

Wonder what the triggering factor was?

1 posted on 08/22/2026 1:55:48 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Was it a cordless?


2 posted on 08/22/2026 1:57:27 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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To: simpson96

dewalt or milwaukee?


3 posted on 08/22/2026 1:58:26 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: simpson96

“You have the right to remain silent, blah, blah, blah ... you know the drill.”


4 posted on 08/22/2026 1:59:28 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: simpson96

She misunderstood

Drill Baby, Drill?

She told the cop:

It’s just my Drill, Sargeant!


5 posted on 08/22/2026 2:01:26 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: simpson96

I have an alibi.


6 posted on 08/22/2026 2:02:36 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ClearCase_guy

LOL


7 posted on 08/22/2026 2:02:48 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: kvanbrunt2

Black and Decker.

It was the hammer drill she uses in her dental practice.


8 posted on 08/22/2026 2:05:24 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians )
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To: simpson96

Anyone else not surprised?


9 posted on 08/22/2026 2:08:48 PM PDT by econjack
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To: simpson96

Lakeyra ...


10 posted on 08/22/2026 2:09:05 PM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: simpson96

Victim makes a statement: “It all went downhill after she asked me if her new leather jump suit made her look fat?
Maybe she didn’t like my answer!”


11 posted on 08/22/2026 2:09:29 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: bunkerhill7

That would explain the aggravated battery charge.


12 posted on 08/22/2026 2:13:02 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: kvanbrunt2

Harbor Freight


13 posted on 08/22/2026 2:18:53 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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After trying to leave, Ross pulled the victim back by his undershirt before he eventually got away, running outside

She pulled him by his undershirt while she was attempting to leave? Must have long arms.

14 posted on 08/22/2026 2:20:58 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: simpson96

Auger? Spade? Forstner?


15 posted on 08/22/2026 2:27:38 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: posterchild

Two inch hole saw?


16 posted on 08/22/2026 2:30:11 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th ( I am obsessed with not being obsessed with anything.)
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To: simpson96

How do you pull back a man by the collar if you have a knife in one hand, and a drill in another.


17 posted on 08/22/2026 2:34:51 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: ClearCase_guy

ISWYDT.


18 posted on 08/22/2026 2:46:21 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.)
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To: bankwalker

Doomed from the moment her Mother named her. Notice I didn’t say Mother and Father? I’m betting Dad was a sperm donor, and wasn’t in the picture when Lakeyra was born.


19 posted on 08/22/2026 2:48:00 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.)
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To: simpson96

Photo....

What triggered it?

“Felt like it. That’s all.”


20 posted on 08/22/2026 3:01:01 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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