Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Ashley Michelle Warner, 33, was arrested yesterday morning for resisting an officer without violence after allegedly ignoring a three-day deadline to move her belongings from a sidewalk.

A Gainesville Police Department officer reported that Warner’s belongings had been blocking about 20 feet of the west sidewalk in the 100 block of NE 1st Street for several weeks. The Community Resource Paramedicine Program had been working with her for several weeks, and she was reportedly offered resources that included a bed at GRACE Marketplace, but she reportedly refused all services that were offered.

An officer reportedly notified her on March 14 that she needed to remove her belongings within three days, but she allegedly refused.

Warner has two felony convictions (non-violent). Judge Thomas Jaworski noted on her First Appearance order that he was skeptical of the probable cause for the charge of resisting an officer without violence and ordered her released on her own recognizance after being evaluated by mental health staff at the jail for a possible Baker Act admission.

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