Man arrested for beating woman with stick

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Maurice Lee Jackson, 67, was arrested last night and charged with domestic aggravated battery after allegedly hitting a woman with a stick, causing injuries that required medical treatment.

At about 9:45 p.m. on January 31, Gainesville Police Department officers responded to a call from a bystander who said a man was beating up a woman in the 200 block of NE Waldo Road. When officers arrived, Jackson and the victim were still in the area, and the caller confirmed that they were the people he’d called about…

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