Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Devon Z. Oliver, 18, was arrested yesterday and charged with possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent, possession of a firearm with an altered serial number, and resisting an officer without violence.
At about 1:30 p.m. on October 22, a Gainesville Police Department officer conducted a traffic stop in Arbor Park Apartments (309 SW 16th Avenue) on a scooter for an unspecified traffic violation; he reported that the rider made eye contact with him and then started running westbound through the apartment complex. The officer told him to stop, but the rider, later identified as Oliver, allegedly turned around and ran eastbound, clutching the right side of his clothing. The officer communicated over the radio that Oliver was fleeing from him while clutching something, which often happens when a subject is carrying a firearm…