Woman Avoids Jail After Walmart Parking Lot Attack and Slipping Handcuffs During Arrest

An Alabama woman accused in an altercation involving elderly women outside a Florida Walmart may be able to avoid a prison sentence after reaching a plea agreement in the case.

Allie Grace Barrentine, 25, entered no contest pleas earlier this month to battery on a person age 65 or older, resisting an officer without violence, and disorderly conduct, according to court documents reviewed by Law&Crime.

As part of the negotiated deal, prosecutors agreed to dismiss a second count of battery on a person 65 or older, the records indicate.

The judge assigned to the Florida case then issued a deferred adjudication order, placing Barrentine on probation for two years instead of immediately imposing a conviction and prison term.

Barrentine’s probation comes with strict conditions. The court said there will be “zero tolerance for use of any” controlled substance unless she has a valid prescription. She must also complete a mental health evaluation and begin any recommended treatment within 30 days of the order, while continuing to take prescribed medication as directed.

Final judgment records also require Barrentine to pay $1,028 in court costs and $300 in attorney fees, avoid all contact with the victim, and complete 100 hours of community service.

The incident that led to the charges happened in March at a Walmart Supercenter on Panama City Beach Parkway in Panama City Beach, a popular resort community along Florida’s Panhandle.

Around 7:40 p.m. on March 23, police officers were called to the parking lot, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Law&Crime. There, police allege, the defendant “actually and intentionally” ended up striking two victims.

At the time, Barrentine “was walking through the parking lot” while one victim was the passenger in, and the other was the driver of, a vehicle “going down the same lane,” the charging document issued by the Panama City Beach Police Department says.

No inciting incident is mentioned in the affidavit — just the allegation of ensuing violence as the defendant and the car were in proximity.

“The defendant began to punch the vehicle,” the charging document reads. “The occupants of the vehicle exited and the defendant grabbed the victim’s left arm and broke one bracelet. The defendant also grabbed and pulled the victim by her necklace. The victim is approximately 69 years of age.”

The law enforcement narrative is largely repetitive in describing the initial moments of the alleged attack on the second woman, using substantially similar language as the first description.

But the second woman was injured differently, police said.

“The defendant began to punch the victim’s vehicle,” the complaint goes on. “The occupants of the vehicle exited, and the defendant grabbed the victim by the throat which had visible redness. The defendant also scratched the orbital area and punched the victim with a closed fist in the left eye. There was also visible rise in the area where she was scratched. The victim is approximately 65 years of age.”

Law enforcement arrived around 8 p.m. that night, the affidavit says.

At around 8:05 p.m., Barrentine made contact with responding officers and resisted arrest, according to the police department.

“While speaking with the defendant, she had the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from her breath, was unsteady on her feet and needing to lean on a vehicle to remain upright, and was slurring her speech heavily,” an officer wrote in the affidavit. “The defendant also admitted to consuming alcohol and Cannabis.”

After one officer told another officer the defendant was being charged and arrested, Barrentine was told “to face the vehicle and to place her arms behind her back,” police said.

Those commands, however, apparently did not go over well.

“The defendant became argumentative and refused to comply,” the police officer wrote, saying “she attempted to pull away multiple times” after being pushed “against the vehicle to secure her.”

Handcuffing Barrentine was allegedly not much easier.

“When swapping the defendant into flex cuffs and removing the original handcuffs, the defendant slipped the flex cuffs and pulled her left arm out, again attempting to pull away from us despite being ordered to stop resisting,” the charging document goes on. “After being secured in a patrol vehicle, the defendant tampered with the flex cuffs and removed them from her right wrist, requiring a different set of restraints to be used.”

Barrentine, who hails from Tuscaloosa County, waived extradition to Florida as part of the case’s relatively quick resolution, records show.

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