Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two women, Nicole Sadie Dix, aged 48, and Paisley Monet Jerido, aged 31, were apprehended last night. They face charges of battery and aggravated battery following an alleged altercation involving both a man and a woman at Royal Park Apartments.

Around 8:37 p.m. on June 4, officers from the Gainesville Police Department were called to address a “major fight” occurring in the parking lot of Royal Park Apartments, located at 301 NW 39th Road.

As outlined in the arrest report, Dix, alongside Keana Juewel Curry, 28, and several unidentified individuals, were reportedly at Jerido’s apartment anticipating the arrival of the two victims. The confrontation allegedly began when Curry engaged in a physical fight with the female victim in the parking area, prompting the remaining individuals to join in by hitting and kicking the woman. When the male victim attempted to intervene, Dix allegedly struck him while still engaged in the fight against the female victim. The male witness noted that one unidentified individual allegedly had their knee pressed against his girlfriend while the others continued to assault both him and her.

Eventually, the female victim separated herself from the defendants and grabbed her gun from her vehicle, holding it at her side and not pointing it at anybody; when she did this, the defendants dispersed. The male victim said Curry, his child’s mother, had been waiting for him to come home with the female victim so she could fight the female victim, and the minute they got there, Curry and the other defendants attacked the female victim. The officer reported that the female victim corroborated the male victim’s story, but she had head injuries from the fight and mainly remembered that people had attacked her.

The female victim reportedly had a heavily bruised eye, three obvious knots on her forehead, two scratches on her face, and a cut knee. The male victim reportedly had part of a dreadlock ripped from his head.

Witnesses told an officer that they saw Jerido and her husband at the fight and that the female victim was attacked by multiple people in a major fight in the parking lot.

The officer reported that a doorbell camera showed Dix and the other defendants leaving Jerido’s apartment, walking toward the parking lot, and then returning to the apartment. Jerido was wearing a black shirt and shorts in the video.

The officer spoke with Jerido and her husband, who reportedly said they didn’t know anything about the fight. Post Miranda, Jerido reportedly stated again that she didn’t know anything about the fight and was not involved. When the officer said he had video footage of all of the defendants leaving her apartment, Jerido reportedly said she was at home, working and sleeping, and didn’t know anything about the incident.

After the officer placed Jerido in handcuffs and in the patrol vehicle, Jerido reportedly admitted that the other defendants had been in her apartment and said Curry had fought with the female victim, but she just tried to stop the male victim from intervening because he’s a man. The officer reported that Jerido was wearing a robe and told him she was naked underneath, but she actually had on a black shirt and shorts, matching the clothing seen on the doorbell video.

The officer also spoke with Dix, who came back to the scene and asked about Jerido; he reported that she was also seen on the doorbell video and was identified by the victims as one of their attackers. Post Miranda, Dix reportedly said she went to Jerido’s apartment to drop off a baby, and when the female victim pulled into the parking lot, they all went outside. She said she saw people fighting and just tried to keep the male victim from joining in. She denied attacking either of the victims.

The victims reportedly identified all of the defendants on the doorbell camera video.

Dix and Jerido were arrested for battery and aggravated battery.

Dix has no criminal convictions. Judge Jonathan Ramsey found no probable cause for the aggravated battery charge and set bail at $5,000 on the battery charge.

Jerido has two misdemeanor convictions (one violent). Judge Jonathan Ramsey found no probable cause for the aggravated battery charge and set bail at $5,000 on the battery charge.

Curry was charged with at least one felony via sworn complaint, but those charges are not currently available in the court system.

Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.