Lawtey man arrested for burglarizing house through dog door, shooting at resident

Staff report

ALACHUA, Fla. – Wilton Robert Acta, 52, of Lawtey, was arrested early yesterday morning after allegedly breaking into a house through a dog door and then taking a revolver from a resident on the property and shooting at her.

At about 3 a.m. on April 11, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a home in the 26000 block of CR 239, where surveillance video reportedly showed Acta walking up the driveway of the house, breaking the door handle of the front door, and eventually entering the house through a large dog door; the video later showed him walking off the property with a gun…

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