BY DAN HILDEBRAN
Telegraph Staff Writer
STARKE— Police and deputies from Bradford and Alachua Counties arrested a 25-year-old Starke woman after she was accused of shooting a motorist near Waldo.
O’livia Williene Davis was arrested on Saturday, May 6 for three counts of attempted murder, five counts of child cruelty and one count of discharging a weapon from a vehicle.
According to an arrest report from the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, the defendant was driving a red Toyota Corolla northbound on U.S. 301 around 8:34 p.m. when she cut off a blue Jeep near Waldo.
The driver of the Jeep responded by flashing his lights at the Toyota.
Davis then moved between the inside and outside lanes before slowing down and pulling alongside the Jeep.
The driver of the Jeep told his two passengers he saw a gun in the Toyota. He was then shot in the leg. The victim was transported to UF Shands in Gainesville.
The passenger in the Toyota later told Alachua deputies that the Jeep occupants were throwing things at the Corolla.
She added that Davis instructed her to lean back in her seat before the defendant fired the 9mm toward the Jeep.
Alachua deputies alerted Bradford authorities that the Toyota was likely entering Bradford.
According to a Bradford Sheriff’s arrest report, Starke Police officer James David Hall spotted the Toyota before it turned into the Holiday Inn Express.
Officers conducted a multi-agency, felony traffic stop and took Davis and another adult passenger into custody. Also in the Toyota were five children.
Deputies located a 9mm handgun and a spent shell casing.
The defendant told deputies she had a concealed weapons permit and used the gun for target practice. When asked about the shell casing, Davis said she collects spent shell casings from the gun range.
Deputies reported that all of the children in the Toyota were under the age of five.
