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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Chanda Demetria Lorick, 40, and Major Wilfork III, 44, found themselves in police custody last night after accusations of assaulting deputies who answered Wilfork’s call regarding a burglary incident.
At approximately 8:50 p.m. on February 17, deputies from the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office responded to the couple’s residence following a report made by Wilfork, claiming their son had unlawfully entered the property.
Upon their arrival, Wilfork expressed his frustration to the officers, stating he was fed up with the juvenile and requested his removal from the premises. However, after speaking with the juvenile upstairs, deputies discovered that he had been residing in the home for over a year.
When the officers informed Wilfork that they could not evict the juvenile due to his residency, Wilfork reportedly threatened to attack the boy. After being advised by a deputy not to harm the juvenile, Wilfork allegedly charged at the deputy, seizing the deputy’s arm and vest, and proceeded to headbutt the officer. This led to Wilfork’s immediate arrest on charges of battery against a law enforcement officer.
Lorick was reportedly also upset after deputies said that she and Wilfork would need to turn the juvenile over to the Department of Children and Families (DCF) if they no longer wanted to provide guardianship for him.
After Wilfork was placed in a patrol vehicle, Lorick reportedly said she wanted to be arrested, too, and she placed her hands behind her back. A deputy said she was not going to be arrested and that she should contact DCF for assistance; Lorick reportedly told the deputy to get out of the home, and the deputy walked outside.
Lorick reportedly followed the deputy outside, calling her derogatory names and asking what would happen if she threw a chair at her. The deputy reported that she ignored Lorick and continued to walk away, but Lorick allegedly picked up a plastic lawn chair and threw it at the deputy.
Lorick reportedly said that now the deputy had to take her to jail and again placed her hands behind her back. The deputy said she was not going to arrest Lorick and advised her to go back inside. Lorick allegedly picked up the chair and threw it at the deputy again; the deputy deflected the chair with her arm and then arrested Lorick for battery on a law enforcement officer.
Lorick has no criminal history, and Judge Meshon Rawls set bail at $10,000 and ordered her to have no contact with Wilfork or the deputies.
Wilfork has an unspecified criminal history in South Carolina and North Carolina between 2001 and 2017 but no local criminal history. Judge Rawls set bail at $50,000 and ordered him to have no contact with Lorick or the deputies.
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