GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two 39-year-old women, identified as Necole Moniquea Jefferson and Pavielle Simoandante Wiggins, were arrested early this morning after police say they unlawfully entered a residence and threatened to fight the people inside.
According to responding officers with the Gainesville Police Department, Jefferson and Wiggins live near the victims in an undisclosed area, though not in the same building. Police said both women had been involved in a verbal dispute with the adult victim before the alleged break-in.
Investigators reported that around 11:19 p.m. on September 5, Jefferson and Wiggins followed the adult victim back to her residence while yelling at her.
An officer wrote that doorbell camera footage showed the two women approaching the victims’ front door and continuing to yell at the adult victim. When they arrived, Wiggins allegedly ripped the doorbell camera from the wall.
Police said Wiggins then entered the residence without permission, with Jefferson following behind her. Once inside, Wiggins allegedly stated that she intended to fight both victims and reportedly said she was not afraid to hit the second victim, who is a juvenile.
The officers reported that, based on these statements and actions, the victims had a well-founded fear that they would be harmed.
Jefferson reportedly said during the incident that she only entered the residence to ask why the adult victim was “talking bad” about her daughter. On the way to the jail, she reportedly said she did not enter the residence and only stood in the doorway.
According to the arrest report and jail records, Jefferson has been charged with burglary with assault, but the court website lists the charge as burglary of an occupied structure. Her only criminal conviction is a traffic offense. Judge Sheree Lancaster ordered her held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s Office to hold her without bail until trial; if the judge denies the motion, bail will be set at that hearing.
Wiggins has been charged with burglary with assault and misdemeanor property damage. She has one conviction for disorderly conduct from 2012; charges of domestic battery and aggravated battery from 2014 and 2015 were later dropped. Judge Lancaster ordered her held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s Office to hold her without bail until trial; if the judge denies the motion, bail will be set at that hearing.