Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Christopher Sergio Elvis Rivera, 33, was arrested early this morning after allegedly entering a fenced area at a car dealership, entering multiple parked vehicles, fleeing from an officer, and attempting to escape after he was handcuffed.
A Gainesville Police Department officer responded to the Buick GMC dealership on N. Main Street at about 12:20 a.m. this morning after a security company reported that a man had been seen climbing the fence and entering multiple vehicles in the northeast dirt lot of the property. The responding officer noted that he saw a man entering a van in the lot and then saw the man inside the van as he approached on foot. The man ducked down to hide, then the officer made verbal announcements, at which point the man got out of the van and fled on foot; he was reportedly apprehended after a short foot chase and was identified as Rivera. After he was handcuffed, Rivera allegedly escaped the handcuffs and ran again; he was again caught after a brief foot chase.