By American Renaissance | Created at 2024-10-29 18:31:30 | Updated at 2024-10-30 15:27:35
1 day ago
Posted on October 28, 2024
Ishita Srivastava, Daily Mail, October 26, 2024
A 22-year-old woman has been arrested in Florida after she allegedly stabbed a pastor in the chest while he was sipping coffee in a café.
Deputies from the St. Augustine Police Department took Arieana Gibbs in custody after she reportedly assaulted Father Matt Marino, lead pastor of Trinity Parish at around 8am on October 23.
Gibbs had allegedly stopped her bicycle and approached Marino and his friend sitting at a table outside talking in Juniper Market.
She went up to one of them, said, ‘excuse me,’ and then reportedly stabbed him under his collarbone, according to Law and Crime.
Marino and his friend attempted to fight off the attacker before she managed to get back on her bicycle and ride off.
The two men kicked the bike to try to stop her from leaving, but were unsuccessful.
As a result, the pastor suffered a collapsed lung with internal bleeding and was treated at a Jacksonville hospital.
In the span of an hour, officials posted pictures of the scene and an old mugshot of Gibbs in search of her – identifying her as a ‘light skin black female approximately 5’3 100lbs last seen riding a black bicycle wearing a orange long sleeve top, tie dye pants and a black backpack’ on Facebook.
She was soon arrested and charged with attempted second-degree homicide, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and felony simple assault.
Officials also noted that the incident appears to have been ‘random’ and that Gibbs and Marino did not know each other.
He was wearing clergy attire when the stabbing occurred.
Theo Glory, the owner of a café across the street, recounted: ‘He was like stone cold flat on the floor. The good Samaritans around him put a jacket on him and waited for the emergency vehicles.
‘Within minutes, we had six, seven police cars, fire trucks. And they did their job.’
As of now, the pastor remains in stable condition.
According to her arrest report, Gibbs had also attempted to stab a McDonald’s worker earlier in the day.
She was standing by the soda machines at one of the fast food chains outlets when she was approached by an employee.
Gibbs then turned toward the victim and said ‘can you help me with something’, grabbed the victim’s left arm with her right hand and pulled a knife out with her left hand.
The victim pulled her arm back and was able to get away before anything happened.
She is being held at the St. Johns County Jail without bond. A court date has not yet been set for her.
[Editor’s Note: Here are photos of the perp and victim.]
