Three arrested for breaking into apartment at BLVD Gainesville and stealing items

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jonathan Olushola Amao Webb, 20, of Fort White; Dion Lee Rivera, Jr., 19, of Lake City; and Ciara Katrina Shepard, 18, of Gainesville, were arrested early this morning after allegedly breaking a window at BLVD Gainesville (4000 SW 37th Blvd), then handing stolen items out the window.

At about 7:40 p.m. on Friday night, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to the apartment complex, where Rivera allegedly broke a bedroom window in an apartment and entered the apartment while Amao Webb and Shepard stood outside the window. Rivera allegedly began handing items from the bedroom out the window to the other two, and Amao Webb allegedly took the items to his vehicle, parked nearby.

Rivera also allegedly smashed a full-length mirror in the bedroom; the damage to the bedroom and window was estimated at $1,500.

The officer reported finding a television, valued at about $300, leaning against the building near the broken window, and the resident of the apartment told the officer he saw Rivera and Amao Webb carrying clothing to a vehicle.

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