Monitor Editor
MELROSE— A Gainesville woman is facing charges after she allegedly pointed a BB gun at two men who were fishing on Lake Santa Fe.
Cynthia Lou Malott was arrested by Alachua deputies on March 30 for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon without intent to kill.
According to an arrest report the two victims, both Alachua residents, were fishing from a boat near the shore when the defendant started to yell at them from a nearby residence that they could not fish there.
“The defendant said, ‘I’m going to get my gun,’” wrote Deputy David A. Visconti in the report. “The defendant walked inside, then came back to the doorway with a silver barrel and black stock rifle.”
The deputy added that Malott started moving items out of the doorway while threatening to shoot the men, then moved from the doorway to a window.
“The defendant shouldered and pointed a silver barrel and black butt stock long gun at the victims behind the window while saying “I’m going to fire,’” wrote Visconti. “The victims stated that they ducked behind the center console of their boat in fear of being shot at.”
The deputy added that the victims thought the weapon was a firearm, but a search of the residence yielded a silver barrel, black stock BB air gun.
The defendant denied pointing the gun at the fishermen.
