A Wildwood woman charged with luring a shooting victim to an ambush with promises of sexual favors is hoping to be set free on bond.
Gracie Madison Lemke, 23, will have a chance to make her case on March 12 during a bond hearing in Sumter County Court.
Lemke was originally arrested in 2023 after the shooting victim had been lured to 4141 County Road 510 in Adamsville by Lemke, who contacted him through Facebook Messenger, according to the original arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. She had promised him “sexual favors.” The alleged triggerman was 27-year-old Joshua Timmons, who was living with Lemke at the time the man was shot at a location just outside the Village of Marsh Bend.
Lemke is facing charges including attempted second-degree murder with a weapon. Timmons is also awaiting trial in the case.
Lemke had been set free on bond, but violated the terms of her release when she was caught with marijuana in Lee County. She has been lodged without bond since October at the Sumter County Detention Center. Prosecutors in Lee County ultimately opted not to proceed with the marijuana case, therefore Lemke’s attorney argues she should be set free.
After Lemke lured the man to the designated location on that fateful day, Timmons, who stands 6 feet 1 inch tall, restrained him while Lemke and another woman began searching his car. He broke free from Timmons’ grasp and as he was running, the convicted felon shot him in the back. The bullet exited through the man’s abdomen. He survived the shooting, but required emergency surgery.
Lemke, the other woman and Timmons climbed into Lemke’s 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer and fled the scene. They had taken the man’s cell phone, but tossed it out of the window of the Trailblazer as they were driving away. They stopped for gasoline before heading to 305 Terry St. in Wildwood, where Lemke and Timmons had been living. When law enforcement arrived at the home, they spotted Timmons as he was attempting to burn clothing he had been wearing during the alleged ambush.