Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jenna Lee Isgar, aged 31, was taken into custody yesterday, accused of biting and repeatedly stabbing her former boyfriend at GRACE Marketplace.
An officer from the Gainesville Police Department, who was already present at GRACE (3055 NE 28th Drive) on a separate matter, reported being informed by a witness that Isgar had stabbed someone on May 21. The officer then contacted the victim, who explained that his ex-girlfriend Isgar had come up to him around 9 p.m. on May 21, accusing him of stealing $50 from her and another individual earlier that day.
The victim described Isgar punching him in the face while yelling about the money before shoving him away; subsequently, he claimed, another person charged at him, bringing him down to the ground. During the scuffle, Isgar allegedly approached and stabbed him several times in the back, also biting him once on the back of each arm. The confrontation ended when an unidentified person intervened, leading to all parties dispersing.
The officer reported that the victim had four small punctures on his back that were consistent with being stabbed with a small knife and a longer laceration that looked like a slash from a knife. The victim also reportedly had large bite marks, with broken skin and bruising, on the back of each arm.
The other person told the officer that he saw the victim hit Isgar, so he ran over and tackled the victim to the ground; he and the victim were wrestling on the ground when Isgar ran over and stabbed the victim multiple times in the back with a knife, and then an unknown person separated them.
Post Miranda, Isgar reportedly said she had confronted the victim about stealing $50 and he punched her in the face, so the other person ran over and tackled the victim to the ground. She said that the victim was on top of the other person, choking him, so she bit him on the back of each arm. She denied ever stabbing the victim.
Isgar and the victim were previously in a one-year dating relationship that ended about five months ago, making the incident domestic.
Isgar has been charged with aggravated domestic battery. She has a misdemeanor conviction (non-violent) out of Marion County and was also charged with threatening a woman with a folding knife in Ocala in 2023; the charge was later dropped. Judge Luis Bustamante ordered her held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s office to hold her without bail until trial.
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.
