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Warrant issued for Jacquetta Simmons after she skips court appearance

By Howard B. Owens

The Buffalo attorney who has been by the side of Jacquetta Simmons throughout most of the Batavia woman's court appearances since 2012 has apparently had enough.

After Simmons failed to appear in City Court yesterday to be sentenced on a harassment conviction, Ann Nichols asked to be taken off the case.

The judge told her to submit her request in writing.

Simmons made international news on Christmas Eve 2011 when she delivered a "roundhouse punch" to the face of an older cashier at Walmart.

The case eventually went to trial, Simmons was convicted and given a lengthy prison term by Judge Robert C. Noonan. That sentence was overturned by a higher court and Simmons was sent to jail for a year.

The harassment charge stems from an altercation with a woman at an event at a local nonprofit's meeting room.

A warrant had to be issued for Simmons arrest after that case. She was eventually located and arrested.

With her failure to appear yesterday, Simmons is again on the wanted list.

Via our news partner WBTA.

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