Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Yashad Dashawn Jackson, 21, of Pompano Beach, was arrested yesterday after allegedly trying to collect a debt from the wrong person; even after admitting the victim was the wrong person, he allegedly kept asking for more money and eventually burglarized an apartment and held the occupants at gunpoint.
According to a Gainesville Police Department officer, on April 6, the first victim was approached in his apartment complex by an unknown man who displayed a firearm and said the first victim’s boyfriend owed him $50. Fearing for his safety, the first victim went to a nearby ATM with the man, withdrew $50, and gave it to him. The first victim said the man told him the issue was resolved…