Florida Woman Charged With Conch Bonking
Another deadly weapon has been unlocked
MARCH 31--Another unique weapon has been unlocked in the Sunshine State.
A Florida Woman, 40, has been charged with felony battery for allegedly attacking a male acquaintance with a deadly weapon, “to-wit, a large conch shell with barnacles,” 
according to police.
Investigators charge that Nikki Quarterman was “very intoxicated” when she got into a “verbal domestic related argument” with the 63-year-old victim around 11:30 AM Saturday.
The pair have been in an on-and-off relationship for the past decade, according to a criminal complaint.
“After the argument,” Quarterman “took her clothes off and started to break everything” in the victim’s St. Petersburg residence, cops reported. After the man got Quarterman to go outside, she allegedly grabbed a “10-12 inch dried conch shell” and “swung it at the victim multiple times.”
Quarterman (seen above) then threw the conch shell at the victim, who suffered a laceration to his hand when he sought to block the incoming shell. She then locked herself in the victim’s garage, but was “taken into custody there after a brief struggle.”
After posting $15,000 bond, Quarterman was released yesterday from the county jail. A judge has ordered her to have no contact with the victim.
Quarterman’s rap sheet includes multiple convictions for disorderly intoxication and marijuana possession, as well as convictions for battery, DUI, assault on a law enforcement officer, and driving with a suspended or revoked license.
She was arrested six months ago for causing a public disturbance following a verbal dispute with her sometimes beau. After that beef, Quarterman allegedly exited the man’s house topless and began banging on the front doors of nearby homes and screaming profanities. That misdemeanor case is pending. (1 page)
