Gainesville man arrested for smashing windows of vehicle after parking spot dispute

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Matthew Oneil Spence, 23, was arrested early this morning after allegedly breaking the front and rear windshields of a vehicle with a bat after a fight over a parking spot.

On March 29, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to Palm Bay Apartments (954 SW 16th Avenue), where the victim said she and Spence had argued over a parking spot outside the apartment building. The victim said that she and Spence’s girlfriend got into a physical fight; after the fight, Spence’s girlfriend went into her apartment, and Spence allegedly used a baseball bat to smash the front and rear windshields of the victim’s vehicle, causing about $1,400 in damage…

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