17-year-old charged as adult with possession of firearm and drugs

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Terrell Nicholos Weeks, 17, was charged as an adult for a May incident in which he was charged with possession of a firearm by a delinquent under 24 years of age, possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana, resisting an officer without violence, and providing false identification information to law enforcement.

At 7:58 a.m. on May 18, Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers responding to a call at The Polos Apartments about a stolen car made contact with Weeks and two others who fit the descriptions given by the caller. An officer told the suspects to come over and talk to him, but they allegedly ran.

At 8:45 a.m., a person matching Weeks’ description was seen on a Ring doorbell, brandishing a pistol, but he and the others were no longer in the area when officers arrived.

An officer located Weeks and the others a short time later and gave them commands to stop, but they allegedly ran again and were apprehended at Arbor Apartments.

After Weeks was arrested for resisting an officer without violence, he allegedly told the officer his name was “Tyrique Simmons.” After officers viewed the Ring doorbell video and confirmed that the person with the pistol was Weeks, a search was conducted in the areas where Weeks had been, and a loaded 9mm pistol was reportedly found on a footpath. A search of his person incident to arrest reportedly produced a baggie with approximately 18 grams of marijuana. Weeks was eventually identified via law enforcement databases.

Weeks was convicted of battery by a person detained in a prison or jail as a juvenile in March 2022 in Escambia County. Judge Susan Miller-Jones set bail on the new charges at $80,000.

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