Pubdate: Fri, 20 Aug 2010
Source: Gainesville Sun, The (FL)
Copyright: 2010 The Gainesville Sun
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/163
Author: Karen Voyles, Staff writer
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may redact the names and addresses of accused persons who have not been 
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officials.

GPD: MAN SAID HE HAD COCAINE TO SUPPORT BABY

Gainesville Police said a man who ditched a loaded handgun while running 
from them claimed he planned to sell the cocaine officers found with him to 
support his baby.

[name redacted], 21, of 1107 S.E. 20th St., was charged with carrying a 
concealed firearm, possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of 
drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest.

Officer Tony Ferro said he and two other uniformed officers spotted [name 
redacted] and others standing in the middle of the intersection of 
Southeast 19th Avenue and 13th Place at about 9:15 p.m. Thursday. Ferro 
said that as soon as [name redacted] spotted the officers, he began to run 
from them despite being ordered to stop.

During the chase, Ferro and Officer Anton Lipski saw [name redacted] run 
into a carport where he hit a metal locker.

[name redacted] "Bounced off the locker, caught his balance on a car in the 
carport , and threw a loaded .38 caliber revolver up at the carport roof," 
Ferro wrote in [name redacted]'s arrest report. Ferro also wrote that [name 
redacted] had been hiding the gun in the waistband of his pants.

When officers caught up with [name redacted], they found a small white tube 
holding five rocks of crack cocaine, Ferro said.

Following his arrest, [name redacted] told officers he bought the gun for 
$20 from a friends named [name2 redacted] and accidentally threw the gun on 
the roof during the chase. [name redacted] also claimed he bought the crack 
earlier in the day and was planning to sell it to support his baby.

[name redacted] was booked into the Alachua County jail.
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