A Villager’s son who used his mother’s car in a robbery has been jailed after testing positive for drugs.
Tanner Reed Archer, 43, who lives with his mother in the Village of Piedmont, was being held without bond this weekend at the Marion County Jail. He had been placed on probation earlier this year, but in October a urine test showed that the had amphetamines in his system. The drug use was considered a violation of his probation and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
In 2024, Archer drove his mother’s silver Chevy Malibu to The Club rehabilitation facility at Mulberry Grove Plaza and walked over to the nearby Circle K, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. He was wearing a face mask when he approached the clerk and demanded money from the register. He did not display a weapon. He left with about $300 in cash and walked back to his mother’s car. The clerk immediately called 911 and provided a description of the robber. A man and his girlfriend had been pumping gas and witnessed the robbery.
A detective went to work on the case and immediately began pulling footage from surveillance cameras at the gates in The Villages. He soon found that Archer’s mother was the owner of the vehicle. Archer claimed that on the night of the robbery, he “had gone to play pickleball and then went to hang out at The Village square,” the report said. He said he returned home at about 11:30 p.m.and “drank until he fell asleep.” He claimed he never left his home. However, the detective had gate camera surveillance images that proved the car had been in and out of the Village of Piedmont gate. Archer claimed the car must have been stolen, but the detective asked why someone would steal a car and return it 30 minutes later. Archer did not have an answer…