Two Arrested for Violating Halo Law After Woman Arrested for Battery on Law Enforcement Officer
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) arrested 59-year-old Anita Gibson and 36-year-old Jasmine Jefferson after they violated Florida’s Halo Law (Statute 843.31) earlier this week. Their arrests stem from an incident outside of a charter school on Bassett Road on Tuesday,
October 7, 2025. Erika McGriff, 39, left her car illegally parked and running in an intersection while she was picking her student up from the school. JSO Officer Holton attempted to lawfully discuss the matter with McGriff; she escalated the verbal conversation to physical violence. McGriff punched Officer Holton repeatedly, even biting him hard enough to leave an impression.
Gibson and Jefferson were initially part of the crowd surrounding the officer and McGriff. However, Gibson and Jefferson violated the law by harassing the officer and failing to provide him with a 25-foot area to safely detain McGriff.
McGriff is facing multiple felony charges: Battery on a Law Enforcement Office, Resisting an Officer With Violence and Operating a Motor Vehicle while having a Driver’s License that is Revoked as a Habitual Traffic Offender. She also received multiple traffic infractions.
This incident and the behaviors modeled by the adults to the students at the school has direct consequences. A teenager has been arrested after she made threats to shoot up the charter school because of this incident.
To watch, Sheriff T.K. Waters’ news briefing where he explains the Halo Law in detail as well as the body-worn camera video of Officer Holton’s interaction with McGriff, please visit JSO’s YouTube channel at:
https://youtu.be/v4zruNr8IFE
*Please note: This news briefing was on Friday, October 10, 2025 at 12 p.m. At that time, Jefferson had not been arrested; she is not directly named in the Sheriff's briefing. The juvenile who made the threat had also not been arrested at the time of the briefing.
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Additional Resources:
- For more information about Florida State Statute 843.31, also known as the Halo Law, is available here.
- Just last month, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office shared a video on its social media, warning citizens that leaving a vehicle running and unattended is a violation of state law.