Staff Report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Authorities arrested Chanda Demetria Lorick, 40, and Major Wilfork III, 44, late last night following an incident where they allegedly assaulted deputies responding to a burglary call made by Wilfork.

At approximately 8:50 p.m. on February 17, deputies from the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the couple’s residence after Wilfork reported that their son had broken into the house.

Upon the deputies’ arrival, Wilfork expressed his frustration and requested that the juvenile be removed from the home. However, after speaking with the youth upstairs, deputies discovered he had been living at the residence for over a year.

When informed that they could not remove the juvenile due to his established residence, Wilfork allegedly threatened to attack the boy. Despite a deputy’s warning not to, Wilfork reportedly lunged, grabbing the deputy by the arm and vest, and headbutted him. Wilfork was promptly arrested for battery against a law enforcement officer.

Lorick reportedly became upset when deputies advised that if she and Wilfork wished to relinquish guardianship of the juvenile, they would need to transfer him to the Department of Children and Families (DCF).

After Wilfork was placed in a patrol vehicle, Lorick reportedly said she wanted to be arrested, too, and she placed her hands behind her back. A deputy said she was not going to be arrested and that she should contact DCF for assistance; Lorick reportedly told the deputy to get out of the home, and the deputy walked outside.

Lorick reportedly followed the deputy outside, calling her derogatory names and asking what would happen if she threw a chair at her. The deputy reported that she ignored Lorick and continued to walk away, but Lorick allegedly picked up a plastic lawn chair and threw it at the deputy.

Lorick reportedly said that now the deputy had to take her to jail and again placed her hands behind her back. The deputy said she was not going to arrest Lorick and advised her to go back inside. Lorick allegedly picked up the chair and threw it at the deputy again; the deputy deflected the chair with her arm and then arrested Lorick for battery on a law enforcement officer.

Lorick has no criminal history, and Judge Meshon Rawls set bail at $10,000 and ordered her to have no contact with Wilfork or the deputies.

Wilfork has an unspecified criminal history in South Carolina and North Carolina between 2001 and 2017 but no local criminal history. Judge Rawls set bail at $50,000 and ordered him to have no contact with Lorick or the deputies.

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