Woman passes note asking for help against armed boyfriend
- 6 years ago
VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA — A Florida woman passed a note asking for help against armed boyfriend to staff in an animal hospital last Friday.
It read: "Call the cops. My boyfriend is threatening me. He Has a gun. Please don't let him know."
It was written on a note by Carolyn Reichle and passed to a worker at Deland Animal Hospital last Friday afternoon.
According to Volusia County Sheriff's Office, her boyfriend is 38-year-old Jeremy Floyd. Police suspect he beat Reichle and held her against her will.
Floyd and Reichel's story begins Wednesday night at his single-story home on the 900 block of South Amelia Avenue in Volusia. Both had been arguing.
The Washington Post reports that Floyd told police that Reichle dove head first out of the bedroom window. Reichle said she ran and Floyd chased her, he says he carried her back inside.
On the same night both got into a fight over a gun Floyd was allegedly threatening Reichle with. It went off. Police say investigating officers found two bullet holes in a hallway when visiting the property.
According to WFTV.COM, Reichle was in bed the next with a head injury. Police say Floyd wasn't letting her leave
On the Friday, she convinced Floyd to take her and her dog to Deland Animal Hospital. On the drive there, police say he threatened her at gunpoint.
When they got to the animal hospital, the Post reports that Reichle managed to get away from Floyd for some time during which she passed staff the note asking for help. They complied with the note's request and the cops soon arrived to find Floyd and a crying Reichle.
Floyd was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, false imprisonment, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of ammunition by a convicted felon and simple battery. According to the Post, this is Floyd's 14th time in jail.
On Saturday Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood praised Reichle's actions in a tweet. He wrote: "Thank God for the courage of this woman, the quick action of staff at DeLand Animal Hospital and the work of our deputies and DeLand PD."
It read: "Call the cops. My boyfriend is threatening me. He Has a gun. Please don't let him know."
It was written on a note by Carolyn Reichle and passed to a worker at Deland Animal Hospital last Friday afternoon.
According to Volusia County Sheriff's Office, her boyfriend is 38-year-old Jeremy Floyd. Police suspect he beat Reichle and held her against her will.
Floyd and Reichel's story begins Wednesday night at his single-story home on the 900 block of South Amelia Avenue in Volusia. Both had been arguing.
The Washington Post reports that Floyd told police that Reichle dove head first out of the bedroom window. Reichle said she ran and Floyd chased her, he says he carried her back inside.
On the same night both got into a fight over a gun Floyd was allegedly threatening Reichle with. It went off. Police say investigating officers found two bullet holes in a hallway when visiting the property.
According to WFTV.COM, Reichle was in bed the next with a head injury. Police say Floyd wasn't letting her leave
On the Friday, she convinced Floyd to take her and her dog to Deland Animal Hospital. On the drive there, police say he threatened her at gunpoint.
When they got to the animal hospital, the Post reports that Reichle managed to get away from Floyd for some time during which she passed staff the note asking for help. They complied with the note's request and the cops soon arrived to find Floyd and a crying Reichle.
Floyd was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, false imprisonment, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of ammunition by a convicted felon and simple battery. According to the Post, this is Floyd's 14th time in jail.
On Saturday Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood praised Reichle's actions in a tweet. He wrote: "Thank God for the courage of this woman, the quick action of staff at DeLand Animal Hospital and the work of our deputies and DeLand PD."