Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Reid William Crosby, 34, was arrested yesterday after allegedly burglarizing a vehicle, taking the garage door opener, and entering a home, where the owner confronted him at gunpoint. He reportedly fled but was identified after his mother went to the victim’s house, saying Crosby’s phone was pinging there.
At about 4:20 a.m. on December 30, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to a home near the shopping center at NW 39th Avenue and NW 13th Street, where the owner said he was asleep in his bedroom when he woke up because he heard sounds in the house and then saw a light in the kitchen. Since he should have been alone in the home, the victim grabbed a pistol and went to the kitchen, where he found a man he didn’t know…