Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gregory Fred Gregoire, 55, was arrested yesterday after allegedly pushing a woman to the ground and then threatening to “put a bullet” in the arresting deputy’s brain.

At about 10:35 a.m. on December 24, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a home in the 7700 block of NE Waldo Road, where Gregoire was reportedly arguing with the victim while gathering his belongings to leave the home. The deputy reported that he saw Gregoire push the victim to the ground, where she landed on a pile of shattered glass and suffered minor injuries to one hand.

Post Miranda, Gregoire reportedly admitted that he shoved the victim but said she shoved him first; the deputy reported that he never saw the victim touch or strike Gregoire.

On the way to the jail, Gregoire allegedly said he wished the deputy would die and then said he would put a bullet in the deputy’s brain; he also allegedly said that he would fight the deputy when the handcuffs were removed at the jail.

Gregoire has been charged with felony battery with a previous battery conviction and making a death threat to a law enforcement officer. He has five felony convictions (one violent) and 10 misdemeanor convictions (five violent). He was arrested for battery in April 2024 and sentenced to two years of probation in June, but he was arrested in Daytona in July, resulting in the revocation of his probation and a seven-month jail sentence.

Judge Luis Bustamante set bail at $125,000.

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