Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Marquis Johnathan Tippins, 29, was arrested yesterday after a woman reported that he had “pistol-whipped” her; at the time of his arrest, he allegedly had “a large amount” of marijuana and a revolver with the serial number removed.
At about 7:09 p.m. on December 23, Alachua County Sheriff’s Depuies responded to Bellamy Grand Apartments (2625 SW 75th Street), where the victim said she and Tippins had argued earlier in the day, and the argument turned physical when Tippins grabbed her neck while she was sitting inside a vehicle, but he let go when she rolled up the window. The victim said she also wanted to report an incident from the previous week in which Tippins put a gun to her head and “pistol-whipped” her; the deputy noted that the victim had swelling on the side of her head and injuries to her hands from using them to shield herself from being hit with the gun…