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"Half-done hairdo lands woman in jail"
September 14, 2009
Topic: Criminal
Criminal cases often troubling, but sometimes are the funniest, and many of these cases seem to happen in Gainesville for some reason. Below is a portion of an article in today's Gainesville Sun for a aggravated assualt and false imprisonment (the false improsonment charge seems shaky) over a haircut:
"A Gainesville woman wound up in jail early Monday morning following a dispute over a partially completed hairdo.
Chanda Davina Warren, 21, was arrested by Gainesville Police and charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment for an incident that was reported at 2 a. m.
In an arrest report, Police Officer Jesse Bostick said Warren was fixing Brittany B. Page's hair inside Warren's apartment in the Forest Green complex at 3101 N. E. 15th St.
According to witnesses, Warren told Page she would finish the hairdo later and that Page should pay her so that she could pay some of her bills. Page reportedly told Warren she would not pay until her hair was finished.
Warren allegedly told Page she needed to pay something. Witnesses said Warren started walking toward Page with a pair of scissors in her hand and said "I am going to cut your hair"
Read the full article here.
