20-year-old arrested for having a gun in plain view in his car
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Artrell Amarion Otis Little, 20, was arrested yesterday for allegedly having a gun in plain view on the seat of his car.
At about 9:30 p.m. on August 28, Gainesville Police Department officers were looking for a wanted offender at Little’s address, and Little was reportedly sitting in a vehicle in front of his home. An officer reported that a Glock 43x was in plain view on the front passenger seat of the car and was not securely encased, and Little was the only person in the car.
Post Miranda, Little reportedly said the gun belonged to his brother and that his brother had left the gun in his vehicle the previous day.
Little has been charged with openly carrying a firearm. He has one felony conviction and two misdemeanor convictions; Judge Meshon Rawls set bail at $25,000.
Little was previously arrested in December 2022, when he was 18, for threatening to shoot a family, including two children. In March 2023, Little signed an affidavit admitting to the charges and entered into a pre-trial intervention contract that would have deferred the prosecution for 18 months, as long as he abided by the conditions of the contract.
However, the contract was revoked after Little was arrested for battery in Volusia County in July 2023. In October 2023, Little entered a plea of nolo contendere to unlawfully carrying a concealed firearm, possession of a firearm with the serial number removed, and improper exhibition of a firearm, charges that carry a maximum sentence of seven years in prison; Judge James Colaw withheld adjudication of guilt and sentenced him to 18 months of probation, and Little completed his probation in April 2025.
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.
According to the INC (international Naming Committee) anyone with 5 names and 10 vowels in their name have a high probability of becoming a convicted felon. Please people limit you names to at the most 3 and no more than 2 vowels per name. Do it for the children. I can’t believe this outstanding citizen doesn’t have a FLDOC yearbook picture yet for class of 2022. How did get out of that it’s commie liberal judges. Hear me out now I got a theory. young Arthur here is really an innocent man who’s been posed by that evil alien on the top of his head and that evil alien has been mind controlling him force him into a life of crime
What about his 2nd Amendment rights?
Open display of a weapon is illegal and this convicted felon does not have a right to possess a firearm or ammo in the first place. In another case here, Rawls issued a $110,000 for theft and credit card fraud, but with this gun crime by a convicted felon, he only issued $25,000 bail. Rawl’s priorities are confused.
Mrs Rawls is a black lady, not a dude. She’s pretty too
Open carry is illegal. The ‘convicted felon’ part of the story is disturbing.
What about them? Due to prior arrests, that right was revoked.
Given those same prior arrests, his right to freedom should have been revoked. He obviously didn’t do much with the freedom he had because he’s obviously not the brightest crayon in the box.
Hillary’s village isn’t doing a very good job raising children. 👺👿🤡👹💩
Snakes growing out of his head and smug attitude earns a lot of street cred (crud?)
Kinda confused here… what was stopping law enforcement from charging a good ‘ol boy back in the day with violation of ccw for having a shotgun or rifle on a rack in the back window of a pickup truck? Guns resting on that rack are not ‘securely encased’. A more appropriate charge could be possession of firearm by convicted felon. Consider the following: you own a gun and place it on your couch near the front glass door of your home. A law enforcement officer walks up to your door and observes it sitting on the couch. Are you now arrested and charged with ccw? Give me a break. Cars are private as well. Yes, the officer has the right to be in both places when he sees the gun, next to the car looking in plain view, and, at your door attempting to make contact. The above charge indicates we all should have our guns securely encased even in our residences too.
He was 20 with a prior felony conviction.
Case closed.
Tell armed criminals who may decide to break into your home to put their firearms in a locked box when they break in to make things “fair” or wait until you get LEOs to respond to your 911 call – I’ll choose not to.