Woman charged with battery on officers after being asked to stop doing her laundry at Shands

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jessica Marie Parker, 33, was arrested yesterday after spitting on and kicking police officers who asked her to leave UF Health Shands, where she was reportedly doing her laundry despite being trespassed from the hospital.

At about 3:20 p.m. on September 14, Gainesville Police Department officers responded to a report that Parker was doing her laundry at UF Health Shands Hospital (1515 SW Archer Road). Parker was previously trespassed from the hospital in January 2025 and was arrested on that date when she refused to leave the property…

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