Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Richard Gregory Thompson, Jr., 35, was arrested yesterday after allegedly choking his roommate while intoxicated.
At about 2 p.m., a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to an apartment at 409 NE 11th Street, where the victim said he was sitting on the couch when Thompson, his roommate, walked in and became angry with him; the victim said it is common for Thompson to come home intoxicated and become angry with him. The victim said he went into the kitchen to distance himself from Thompson, but Thompson followed him, grabbed his neck with both hands, and squeezed until the victim lost consciousness; the victim said that when he became conscious, Thompson’s hands were still around his neck…