Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers arrested Randy Harry Simmons, 21, Monday night and charged him with using a firearm under the influence of alcohol, robbery with a firearm, aggravated battery and resisting an officer without violence.
According to the arrest report, the 66-year-old victim told police she was attacked and robbed in the pool area of her apartment complex. The victim later required dozens of stitches to her head and hands.
The victim identified the suspect as a Black man wearing a gray hoodie and said he stole her gold ring from her hand…