Homeless man with 36 convictions arrested for attacking pedestrian on University Avenue

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Deontre Davone Washington, 35, was arrested yesterday after allegedly attacking a man who was passing by on West University Avenue.

At about 2:05 p.m. on April 4, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to the 800 block of West University Avenue, where the victim said he had been walking westbound when Washington approached him from a narrow walkway on the north side of the road and attacked him, hitting and punching him “for no reason.”…

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