PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a Port St. Lucie apartment complex on Wednesday evening to serve legal paperwork to a 22-year-old woman, identified as Jadyn Dominique Gary, according to a St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit.
Deputies arrived at the Alton Central Park community and made contact inside the apartment, where Gary was located in a bedroom. After announcing their presence, deputies attempted to speak with her, but the situation quickly escalated when Gary opened the door and threw a liquid substance at them. Authorities later identified the substance as hydrochloric acid, which caused immediate burning and breathing difficulties.
Gary stated that she threw the acid on both deputies because “they deserved it.”
The incident prompted a large law enforcement response and was treated as a barricaded subject situation, with SWAT units called to the scene and nearby residents evacuated for safety. Hazardous materials crews also responded to assess the chemical exposure.
The entire building was evacuated, and residents were displaced for an estimated 12-18 hours.
Gary was eventually taken into custody and transported to a hospital before being booked into the St. Lucie County Jail. According to investigators, she admitted to intentionally throwing the acid at deputies. She now faces two counts of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer and one count of resisting an officer with violence.
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