63° CLOUDY, Grandmother's assault charge: Was it Mad Dog or a 9mm?
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 10:47 a.m.
OCALA - Ocala police arrested a 60-year-old Ocala grandmother Tuesday who witnesses say fired a 9mm round into the air after telling her adult granddaughter to leave the home.
She reportedly believed the 23-year-old had stolen her prescription drug oxycodone.
Patricia Nocent was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, according to an Ocala Police Department report.
Officer William Joedicke met the woman's granddaughter - Chiquita Ponder - her boyfriend and another woman at Howard Middle School shortly before 7:15 p.m. The granddaughter told him Nocent had called her fiance earlier in the day and told him that if she didn't bring her oxycodone back she would’ve to get her belongings and move out.
Ponder said she went to her grandmother’s home, 1505 N.W. 19th Court, and the two began arguing, according to the report. During the argument, Nocent reportedly told her to leave without taking her stuff.
Ponder said she had left the home and got into her friend’s vehicle when her grandmother walked in front of the vehicle, pointed a small brown handgun at it and fired a shot. The driver drove off and they called the police.
Both the granddaughter’s boyfriend and the other woman told similar stories.
The officer went to Nocent’s home and talked with her. She reportedly told him she told her granddaughter’s boyfriend to her to come get her things and to return the oxycodone. She said that when her granddaughter arrived they argued, and she told the granddaughter to leave.
Nocent said she grabbed a bottle of Mad Dog Red Grape wine and pretended she was going to throw it through the windshield.
Searching the area, police officials found a 9mm casing on the ground by Nocent’s back door at the top of the driveway. She was then arrested and taken to the Marion County Jail.
- Austin L. Miller
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November 19, 2008 6:02:51 pm
this apparently is not the whole story. things are being left out. the grandmother beleived that her granddaughter stole the oxycodone. it did not say whether she had proof that her granddaughter stole it. either way she handled it very badly. no matter what I would never fire a gun at any member of my family. if she believed that ther granddaughter stole it, then call the police and let them handle it. they can find out.
November 20, 2008 6:25:19 am
why is it illegal for her to shoot her gun but when i call the sheriff dept about my crazy vietnam vet with a 100% disability for ptsd, that he has put in a firing range and shoots all day long right in the middle of our neighborhood among 8 houses, i'm told it is not illegal to shoot a weapon in marion county as long as you are not shooting at someones property or them. he's within 200 ft of my house and neighbors and it's ok. something smells fishy here mcsd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 20, 2008 8:58:00 am
Hold it! When I read the comments on this thread I had to go back and re-read the article. I felt it was presented clearly enough and I wasn't distressed over the one small faulty area. (I did see some deeper errors in almost EVERY post though) Further, I didn't see problem with the arrest. As far as the "stolen" oxycondone, all I could determine was that she suspected the daughter of taking it. If I had any questions it would start with why does this person HAVE a prescription for oxycondone. The article didn't mention if the gun was searched for, confiscated and checked for being stolen. So in essence I am wondering just why this event is drawing the commentary it has. Story seems straight forward and as complete as it ought to be, to me. I think those that quickly complain about one litle error ought to be able to voice their opinion without MAKING any errors of their own.
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