Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Zyvione Jacolby Speed-Mitchell, 24, was arrested yesterday morning and charged with aggravated battery on a pregnant woman, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, resisting an officer without violence, and threatening a deputy’s family after allegedly threatening a pregnant woman with a brick and threatening the family of the deputy who arrested him.

At about 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a domestic battery call where the victim, who is eight months pregnant, reported that Speed-Mitchell had battered and choked her. She also reportedly told the deputy that Speed-Mitchell had picked up a brick outside the house and threatened to “beat the baby out of you.” The incident was reportedly captured on a neighbor’s doorbell camera.

The deputy made contact with Speed-Mitchell near the victim’s residence, and Speed-Mitchell allegedly resisted being handcuffed.

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Post Miranda, Speed-Mitchell denied battering or threatening the victim, but the deputy reported that the video of the incident contradicted several parts of his story.

After the deputy placed Speed-Mitchell in his patrol car, Speed-Mitchell saw a picture of the deputy’s child on his personal cell phone and allegedly threatened the deputy’s wife and child; his words were reportedly captured by the patrol car’s audio and video cameras.

Speed-Mitchell has a juvenile history between 2012 and 2018, three adult felony convictions (one violent), and one adult misdemeanor conviction (one violent). He has served one state prison sentence for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and was released in April 2022. He is currently on probation for domestic battery. Judge Susan Miller-Jones set bail at $275,000.

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