Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two 39-year-old Gainesville women, identified as Necole Moniquea Jefferson and Pavielle Simoandante Wiggins, were taken into custody early this morning after police said they unlawfully went into a residence and threatened to fight the people inside.
According to Gainesville Police Department officers who responded to the scene, Jefferson and Wiggins live in the same general area as the victims, though not in the same building. Police said the confrontation followed a verbal dispute involving both women and the adult victim.
Investigators reported that around 11:19 p.m. on September 5, Jefferson and Wiggins allegedly followed the adult victim back to her home while shouting at her.
Police said footage from the victims’ doorbell camera captured the two women coming up to the front door and yelling at the adult victim. When they arrived, Wiggins allegedly ripped the doorbell camera from the wall.
Wiggins then allegedly went inside the residence without consent, with Jefferson following behind her. Once inside, officers said Wiggins made statements indicating she planned to fight both victims and allegedly added that she was not afraid to strike the second victim, who is a juvenile.
Based on what was allegedly said and done during the encounter, officers wrote that the victims had a reasonable and well-founded fear that they could be physically harmed.
During the incident, Jefferson reportedly told police she went to the residence only to ask why the adult victim had been “talking bad” about her daughter. However, while being transported to the jail, she allegedly gave a different account, saying she never went inside and had only remained in the doorway.
According to the arrest report and jail records, Jefferson has been charged with burglary with assault, but the court website lists the charge as burglary of an occupied structure. Her only criminal conviction is a traffic offense. Judge Sheree Lancaster ordered her held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s Office to hold her without bail until trial; if the judge denies the motion, bail will be set at that hearing.
Wiggins has been charged with burglary with assault and misdemeanor property damage. She has one conviction for disorderly conduct from 2012; charges of domestic battery and aggravated battery from 2014 and 2015 were later dropped. Judge Lancaster ordered her held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s Office to hold her without bail until trial; if the judge denies the motion, bail will be set at that hearing.
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.
