Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Mitchell Craig Griffin Jr., 23, of Waldo, was arrested yesterday after allegedly fleeing from police on November 23 and crashing into a fence; his girlfriend reported the car stolen and provided an alibi for him, but officers identified him as the suspect using surveillance video from a convenience store.
At about 3:30 a.m. on November 23, Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers responded to multiple noise complaints from the Chevron at 1024 W. University Avenue and reportedly saw a large baggie of marijuana on the center console of a gold Chevrolet Malibu driven by a black male. Officers told the man to get out of the vehicle, and he initially opened the driver’s side door as if he were going to comply, but then he slammed it shut and drove away…