Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Travis Ramone Pinder, 34, was arrested early this morning and charged with aggravated child abuse after allegedly hitting a 17-year-old boy with a gun, tearing off part of his ear.
At about 3 a.m. on June 21, Gainesville Police Department officers responded to The Ridge on 34th (514 SW 34th Street), where the 17-year-old victim said he had been outside in the parking lot, talking to other people, when Pinder came out of his apartment, told the victim to go back inside the apartment, and yelled at the others…