A Fruitland Park woman was arrested for battery on Monday after allegedly pushing another woman during an altercation over cash.
An officer responded to a battery involving 27-year-old Victoria Rachelle Pike at an undisclosed Leesburg residence on the evening of June 26, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department. The victim advised that one of the witnesses had been pepper-sprayed by an unidentified man who left the scene in a dark-colored Nissan Altima.
Upon arrival, the officer met the victim and two witnesses in front of the residence. The victim advised that the unidentified man and Pike came over in the Nissan Altima. Pike and one of the witnesses had a sexual relationship in the past, and Pike was a prostitute. She came inside the residence to ask him for money, which he refused to give, the report said.
Pike got upset and stated she would get the unidentified man, her “boyfriend,” from the vehicle to get the money from the witness. She then left and came back with her boyfriend. They were trying to get inside when an argument broke out, and the witness went outside to tell them to leave his property, the report said.
Pike’s boyfriend then went to retrieve something from the vehicle and came back to argue. He proceeded to pepper-spray the witness and hit him in the face. The victim got between the two men to protect the witness, which was when Pike pushed her left shoulder, the report said.
Her boyfriend threatened to hit the victim and balled his fist while approaching her. The second witness then grabbed the victim to get her away from the situation. Pike pushed the second witness as he tried to intervene. It was not until the victim stated she was going to call the police that Pike and her boyfriend left, the report said.
The first witness corroborated this account and was treated by EMS for the pepper spray. The second witness was inside the house at the start of the incident and did not see the first witness get pepper-sprayed. However, he did confirm that Pike pushed him and the victim, the report said.
Pike was ultimately arrested Monday afternoon on charge of simple battery. She was booked at the Lake County Jail and released after posting $2,000 bond.
She was also arrested in Oct. 2025 with a drug pipe in her vaginal area and one of four in Jan. 2025 during a drug deal at Walgreens.