Staff report

NEWBERRY, Fla. – Dahlia Shanta Coney, 45, was arrested last night after allegedly threatening to kill an Uber Eats driver because she was upset that the food was late and a drink was missing.

An Uber Eats driver told the responding Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies that at about 10:06 p.m. on June 15, he was assigned to deliver an order to Coney. He said he had already been arguing with Coney by text before he arrived because she was upset at how long the delivery took.

The driver said that when he arrived at Coney’s home in Tara Greens, Coney continued to argue, saying he was late and a drink was missing from the order. The driver said he asked Coney for information he needed to complete the order, and she began taking a video and yelling.

The driver said Coney reached into her purse and pulled out a “black handgun with a red laser attached” and then started waving it around and threatening to kill him if he did not leave.

The responding deputies spoke with Coney and reported that she made spontaneous statements to them about firearms and an argument with the driver.

Post Miranda, Coney reportedly admitted threatening the driver. She later reportedly said that although she did not have a handgun, she called out to a non-existent person inside her home, saying, “Grab my pistol, grab my pistol!” to keep the argument from progressing further.

Witnesses reportedly said they heard a woman yelling outside at the time of the incident.

Deputies applied for a search warrant for Coney’s home and reportedly found a black BB gun without an orange tip in Coney’s bedroom closet; the report states that the gun is “very realistic” and “resembles a real firearm.” The deputy noted that post Miranda, Coney denied having any firearms, BB guns, or anything resembling a firearm in her home.

Coney has six felony convictions (one violent) and three misdemeanor convictions (non-violent). She is on probation for willful child abuse and is a designated Violent Felony Offender of Special Concern. Judge Aymer “Buck” Curtin 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.

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