Cops Charge Nine Women In Wild Florida Brawl

JANUARY 28--Police today issued arrest warrants for nine women involved in a wild brawl at a Florida gas station, a fracas that was caught on videotape and which included some combatants having their clothing and hair torn off during the tussle.

After “15 days of extensive investigation,” Ocala Police Department officials identified the women involved in the December 30 incident outside the RaceTrac gas station. Each of the pugilists is facing disorderly conduct and public fighting charges, according to cops. The fight video can be viewed below.

Investigators determined that two groups of women had been involved in a confrontation earlier that evening at the Club Zanzabar nightclub, and later crossed paths at the RaceTrac outlet. As seen on the video, one of the fighters was Shanteria Danielle Lawson, 18, who was so vigorously throwing punches that her black dress rode up her torso, exposing her underwear.

A probable cause affidavit notes that Lawson contacted a detective on January 12, saying that she heard police were looking for her and she wanted to avoid “additional criminal charges for ‘running from the cops.’” Lawson viewed the video with an investigator, who reported that “the female she is fighting with has her breasts exposed.”

An anonymous tip helped police identify Ashley Fyderkia Douglas, 21, as one of the brawlers. Douglas, police noted, can be seen “picking up several weaves (hair extensions similar to a wig) and waving them in the air as to celebrate some type of victory.”

During an interview last Friday with a detective, Artisha Shante Grant, 20, admitted involvement in the fight, saying that she double-teamed a “female in a printed dress.” Grant stated that her opponent’s “dress comes off and the female is seen almost completely naked.” At the video’s end, “Grant is seen dancing and celebrating,” according to one probable cause affidavit.

Police are encouraging the suspects to turn themselves in at the Marion County jail, where bond for each woman will be set at $1250.

Records show that at least six of the nine women have previously been in county lockups on unrelated charges. Those arrestees, seen (left to right) in the mug shots above, are: Lawson; Grant; Douglas; Brandi M’Esha Kinsler, 25; Fabian Shantae McFatten, 22; and Christie Nicole McFatten, 22. The three other women charged in the RaceTrac brawl are Kenyatta Brown, 26; Nyeisha Dreyanna Cogdell, 18; and Shacoya Wanda Montgomery, 19. (5 pages)