Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Corey Jarrell Tavares Rocker, 26, of Ocala, was arrested yesterday on a warrant for allegedly battering a man and stealing his gun after the victim accidentally spit on him during a December 2025 incident in Midtown.
At about 1:50 a.m. on December 26, 2025, Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers responded to the parking lot between Checkers and Gyros (826 W. University Avenue), where the victim said he was standing there with a small group of friends when he turned his head to spit and accidentally spit on Rocker, who was walking behind him…