Gainesville man arrested for texting violent threats to woman he met at a coffee shop

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Blanton Neil Martin, 45, was arrested early this morning for allegedly sending written threats to kill a woman he met at a coffee shop, along with any man she might date.

On May 31, the victim went to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Headquarters and reported that she was in immediate fear for her safety and her friends’ safety because of text messages she had received from a man she had met at a coffee shop the previous day…

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