OCALA, FL (352today.com) – A Gainesville man faces felony and misdemeanor changes after Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies say he strangled and battered his fiancée during a dispute at a truck stop in Ocala.
Elijah Xavias Jenkins, 25, was arrested Sunday, June 7, 2026, and charged with domestic battery by strangulation and battery-touch or strike.
Deputies responded to Love’s Travel Stop, located at 7791 NW 47th Ave., shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday following reports of a domestic battery that had just occurred. According to the report, the victim told deputies she and Jenkins, her fiancé and the father of one of her children, were arguing while sitting inside a vehicle. The victim said the argument escalated after Jenkins began calling her vulgar names…