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Alachua County, FL – A convicted felon was arrested Tuesday night after deputies say a domestic dispute in southwest Alachua County escalated into a violent assault involving strangulation and a firearm.
According to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded Tuesday evening to the 2600 block of Southwest 75th Street, near Gainesville, following a report of a battery. Investigators said the victim told deputies the dispute began verbally but turned physical earlier in the day, when 29-year-old Marquis Tippins allegedly attempted to strangle them…