A Villager has been sentenced to probation and community service after turning violent this past year at a vigil for Charlie Kirk.
Courtney Beth Anderson, 56, of the Village of Glenbrook, pleaded no contest this past week in Sumter County Court to a felony charge of battery on a person over the age of 65. She has been placed on probation for three years and ordered to perform 80 hours of community service.
Anderson was arrested after attacking Valerie Jamieson, who with her husband Tommy leads The Villages MAGA Club, on Sept. 14 at a vigil to honor Kirk, who had been shot dead days earlier during an event at a Utah college campus.
Anderson was “yelling and holding up her middle finger to everyone at the event,” according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
Members of the audience at the vigil were shocked when Anderson, who stands 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds, knocked the 73-year-old to the ground. Jamieson had been standing near the stage at Creekside Medical Center at Lake Sumter Landing when she was abruptly shoved to the asphalt.
Anderson was taken into custody. Jamieson was rushed to the UF Health Emergency Room at Brownwood by her husband.
Anderson has a history of arrests:
In December 2024, she was arrested after leading a Florida Highway Patrol trooper on a chase that reached a high speed of 112 miles per hour.
In 2016, Anderson was arrested after a disturbance at Best Buy in Lady Lake. Then, she was living on the Historic Side of The Villages.
In 2011, Anderson received a suspended sentence of one month and 29 days in jail on a charge of disorderly conduct.
She was also arrested for misdemeanor battery in 2001 in Fort Lauderdale.