Gainesville Man Charged With Two Counts of Domestic Battery
Updated | May 16, 2026: Updated to reflect the outcome of the case and corrected the headline to reflect Brandon Thompson residing in Gainesville, not Archer.
On October 6, 2024, Brandon Daniel Thompson, 33, was arrested and charged with domestic battery (misdemeanor) and domestic battery by strangulation (felony).
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Deputy Isaac Minck reported:
"Based upon statements from Victim 1 and 2, along with cell-phone video of the event recorded by Victim 1, The defendant aggressively approached Victim 2 and shoved her out of the doorway with his shoulder and elbow without making any verbal request for her to move. Upon shoving Victim 2 out of the way, he charged at Victim 1 while loudly shouting obscenities and calling her a 'Bitch.'
The defendant threw her down onto a couch in the living area of the room, and utilized both of his hands to firmly grasp her by the throat and press her down into the couch, preventing Victim 1 from being able to freely breathe. Victim 1 is audible in the video stating 'Get off of my neck' multiple times, and a physical struggle is evident as the cell phone video becomes dark and fragmented in such a manner as to suggest the phone being crushed by the defendant's body. Victim 1 described the feeling of being choked as 'Feeling like I was going to die.'
Throughout the encounter, the defendant is audible making demeaning, intimidating, and degrading statements directed at Victim 1, in a manner consistent with personal, vindictive, and targeted intent to do Victim 1 bodily harm. The defendant made post-Miranda statements admitting to striking Victim 1 and to placing his hands around her neck."
Prosecutors later reduced the felony to a misdemeanor when formally filing the charges.
Taking a no contest plea deal on April 2, 2025, Thompson was convicted of the two misdemeanors and sentenced to 18 months of probation.
On December 18, 2025, Thompson submitted a motion to terminate his probation early, but it was denied by Judge Susan Miller-Jones.
