Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jamarri Alley Thagard, 18, was arrested last night and charged with armed robbery after allegedly stealing an Xbox and gun at gunpoint during a Gainesville Marketplace transaction.
The victim told a Gainesville Police Department officer that he went to Tiger Bay Apartments at about 8:54 p.m. last Wednesday night after a Facebook account (later deleted) offered to buy an Xbox he had advertised for sale on Gainesville Marketplace.
The victim’s car is reportedly equipped with front and rear cameras that capture audio, and the cameras reportedly showed two black male suspects approaching his car from the rear. One suspect wore a white hoodie, tan pants, and bright yellow slides. The other suspect wore all black, with red shoes and a face mask.
The suspect wearing a white hoodie put a gun to the victim’s head and threatened to kill him, then the suspects stole the victim’s Xbox, $200 in cash, and a tan Taurus handgun; they also forced the victim to send $500 via CashApp to a specific account. The suspects then fled on foot.