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19-year-old charged with six felonies, including possession of stolen Glock with full-auto attachment

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Lagarius Joseph Johnson, 19, was arrested late last night and charged with six weapon and drug felonies, including possession of a stolen Glock with an attachment that converts it to automatic firing.

Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies reportedly saw Johnson in the Majestic Oaks neighborhood (5800 SW 20th Avenue), fanning out a large amount of cash and showing it to other black males. Deputies received information indicating that Johnson had a firearm; not only is he too young to legally possess a pistol, but he also has multiple juvenile convictions, including possession of a firearm by a minor under 18, that prohibit him from firearm possession until he is 24 years old.

A deputy and a K-9 team approached Johnson and reportedly commanded him to get on the ground; Johnson allegedly reached into his jacket pocket for a gun and fled on foot through the complex. Johnson reportedly had a backpack when deputies made contact with him, and he reportedly dropped it as he ran.

A K-9 was deployed to apprehend Johnson, and Johnson allegedly pulled out a Glock 47 as the K-9 was apprehending him. The Glock was reportedly found about five feet away from Johnson when he was arrested; the firearm had a round in the chamber, an extended magazine with 23 rounds of ammunition, and an accessory that makes the Glock function in a fully automatic fashion. The Glock was reported stolen in Alachua in December 2023.

A search incident to arrest reportedly produced $419 in cash. The backpack reportedly contained 38.5 grams of marijuana, a digital scale, and multiple baggies.

Johnson has been charged with possession of a machine gun, possession of a firearm by a delinquent under 24 (a juvenile who was previously convicted of a charge that would be a felony for an adult), grand theft of a firearm, possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of drug equipment, and resisting an officer without violence.

Johnson has juvenile convictions for burglary of a vehicle, burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, grand theft, and possession of a firearm by a minor under 18. He has an adult felony conviction (violent) for battering a detention officer and was sentenced to 270 days in jail with adjudication of guilt withheld; another charge for battering a detainee was dropped as part of the plea deal.

Judge Thomas Jaworski set bail at $145,000.

Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. 

  • This where the possession of a machine gun, altered gun, along with the drugs gets turned over to the U.S. Attorney for prosecution. This way the Dumb–s gets a federal sentence with no gain time, serves his full sentence, and gets federal probation that follows him everywhere in the USA. I almost am willing to bet the next time this animal comes in contact with law enforcement and given the chance there will be shots fired.

  • Sure he will plead to some lesser of the charges to avoid the big Federal charge. 6 months with credit for time served.

    • And in 18 months he’ll shoot somebody or be shot as part of his drug business.

    • If the US Attorney charges him, there is NO pleading on the gun charges. Those are MANDATORY Federal sentences. You get busted being a convicted felon with a gun and an unlicensed automatic weapon, you are going to the Federal Pen for years.

  • Free You Ain’t Did nothing Wrong but be in a Dangerous Neighborhood..

  • Same individuals same hoods, 2 in a week with glock switches, time to notify the feds! Sad that these POS thug punks think $419 is alot of money and worthy of flashing, shows you how immature they really are! 🤣🤣

  • ARRESTED…AGAIN. Apparently guns aren’t the only things readily available to criminals – drugs are too.

    Why do the 2nd Amendment detractors fail to mention that?

  • The hairdo and facial expression says it all. ” Watch your back, I’m arrogant and nasty”.

  • Same individuals same hoods, this is the second one in a week that has been caught with a pistol that’s been converted to full auto. Funny how they think $419 is something to brag about. Hopefully the feds are notified and this hoodlum punk thug gets some serious time.

  • He should be turned over to the Feds for possession of an unlicensed machine gun. That would result in a longer sentence than anything our local farce of a justice system would provide.

    • I could not agree more. These Glocks with a full auto attachment are extremely dangerous. I’m sure that a Glock under full auto is almost uncontrollable, and shooting at someone with it could result in a lot of innocent people being shot. If Gainesville wants to curb gun violence, I would put a high priority on making sure that possession of a full auto Glock is severely punished.

  • Lots of ‘majestic’ things happening at Majestic Oaks. After all….WE are paying for it. Another great investment in ‘affordable housing’ also known as section 8 housing.

  • Dang, I guess the math team will have to send his alternate to the nationals then.

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