Gainesville man charged with stalking, reckless driving after chasing juvenile driver

A Gainesville driver faces charges of stalking after he allegedly chased a 16-year-old driver from a parking deck to the interstate and caused damage to the victim’s vehicle.

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office reported that deputies responded to the southbound lanes of I-985 on Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m. after noticing the juvenile victim’s SUV with its flashing lights activated and followed it.

An initial investigation revealed the victim was parked in a Downtown Gainesville parking deck earlier that night. When the victim returned to his SUV to leave the deck, the suspect, Ryan Guerra-Banda, 19, began following him in his pickup truck. The victim and Guerra-Banda were involved in an ongoing dispute, according to HCSO…

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