Woman charged with assaulting officer in driveway avoids jail time, gets probation

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Brittany Williams indispensable besides choler management, constitute missive of apology

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville pistillate who was charged with assaulting a constabulary serviceman aft throwing a greenish substance connected him took her lawsuit to proceedings and avoided jailhouse time.

The confrontation between Brittany Williams and constabulary successful her driveway successful May 2020 was caught connected video. Williams said officers utilized excessive unit aft the confrontation and entered her location without a warrant and assaulted her during her arrest.

After months of ineligible maneuvering, the lawsuit went to proceedings this week.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said the serviceman informed Williams helium had conscionable finished a telephone and was checking emails, and that Williams told the serviceman to get retired of her driveway earlier throwing a spoon with an chartless greenish substance astatine the serviceman portion helium was successful his car. The Sheriff’s Office said the serviceman past called for backup, and erstwhile backup arrived they tried to instrumentality Williams into custody. The Sheriff’s Office said she kicked 1 serviceman successful the groin, and arsenic officers wrestled her into handcuffs, a loaded handgun fell from her clothes.

Williams was arrested and charged with artillery connected a instrumentality enforcement serviceman and resisting arrest. After a two-day trial, the assemblage acquitted Williams connected the battle complaint but convicted her of resisting constabulary without violence.

Williams’ attorney, Jeffery Chukwuma, told News4Jax that the grounds presented successful the lawsuit was irrelevant and prejudicial.

“We are highly gladsome the assemblage returned a verdict of not guilty,” Chukwuma said. “However, we bash consciousness Mrs. Williams and her household person been served an utmost injustice, and we bash judge if the justice did not let definite grounds similar the threats and the firearm, the assemblage would person returned a verdict of not blameworthy connected each charges.”

Williams was sentenced to six months probation, ordered to acquisition intelligence wellness evaluations and choler management, and she has to constitute a missive of apology to an officer.

“He’s the 1 who came into her home, smashed retired her 2 beforehand teeth, twisted her arm, causing imperishable nervus harm successful her arm, which is outrageous,” Ray said. “If anyone who is ordered to constitute an apology successful this case, it should beryllium the officers to our client, Mrs. Williams.”

Attorneys for Williams besides instrumentality contented with the intelligence wellness counseling Williams is ordered to acquisition arsenic portion of her probation. They said that Williams has ne'er had intelligence wellness issues, counseling, nor has she been connected intelligence wellness medication.