Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Charlie James Shivers III, 39, was arrested early this morning after allegedly pulling a former girlfriend from her car and choking her; the woman was reportedly saved by a man who was walking home from work.
At about 11 p.m., a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to the 1500 block of SE 3rd Avenue, where the victim said she had dated Shivers in the past, but they were no longer together. She said she had been driving home when Shivers cut her off, so she immediately made a U-turn and drove away, but Shivers followed her, and when they both stopped at a red light, he got out, opened her car door, and punched her in the face. Shivers allegedly dragged her out of her car and started choking her, and the victim told the officer that she thought she was going to die…