Man arrested for fleeing, four days after release from prison

BY JENNIFER CABRERA

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Liorrell Dyounn Williams, 21, was arrested yesterday and charged with resisting an officer without violence after allegedly trying to evade deputies who wanted to speak with him about an armed robbery. Williams was released from prison on March 29.

At about 11:15 a.m. yesterday, deputies attempted to make contact with two men standing in front of the Eastwood Meadows apartment complex (925 SE 43rd Street) because the men matched a description provided for two suspects in an armed robbery the previous day; the armed robbery suspects were allegedly armed with handguns. Williams was later identified as one of the two men standing in front of Eastwood Meadows.

When a deputy stopped a patrol vehicle near the two men and got out of the car, the two men allegedly fled on foot, and deputies chased them but did not apprehend them. About 40 minutes later, Williams was seen getting into a car that was leaving the complex; he reportedly leaned back in the seat in an apparent attempt to avoid being seen by deputies and was only spotted when he lifted his head to look out the window. Deputies conducted a traffic stop and arrested him.

Williams has been charged with resisting an officer without violence. He was arrested for the same charge in November 2021 and entered a plea of nolo contendere in exchange for 38 days in jail (with credit for 38 days time served) and fines and fees of $453.50, which he has not paid. He was arrested again in February 2022 and charged with possession of a weapon by an individual who was adjudicated guilty as a juvenile of an offense that would be a felony for an adult; he entered a plea of nolo contendere in exchange for one year and one week in prison, with credit for 362 days served. As a result, he served nine days in a Department of Corrections detention facility and was released on March 29; he is currently serving three years of probation in that case.

Williams has several juvenile convictions and one felony as an adult; Judge Susan Miller-Jones set bail at $5,000.

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