Man on probation arrested for stealing car from Campus Walk Apartments
BY JENNIFER CABRERA
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Ephrain Algernon Nelson, 34, was arrested Saturday night and charged with grand theft of a vehicle and resisting arrest without violence.
The victim told a Gainesville Police Department officer that her vehicle was stolen from Campus Walk Apartments and then returned by Nelson. The officer reported that when he arrived, he saw Nelson leaving the parking lot from which the vehicle was stolen and returned. After confirming with the victim that Nelson was the alleged thief, the officer made contact with Nelson; after the officer commanded Nelson to stop, he allegedly ran but was detained.
Post Miranda, Nelson reportedly said he was under the influence of “molly” and recalled being in the vehicle. He reportedly apologized for stealing the vehicle and for running away.
Nelson has 13 felony convictions and is on probation from a 2020 case in which he was convicted of fraudulently using credit cards from a wallet he found. He is being held without bail because of the probation violation.
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.Â
13 felony convictions and STILL feels so comfy and welcomed here, how lovely!
Sell the courthouses, move all judges chambers to Taccachale, pass a 3 Strikes law in Fla., and send overflow inmates to a brand new Haiti private prison industry.
Campus Walk Apartments, 914 SW 8th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
They should tear that ghetto hellhole down and build new apartments. It’s right by sorority row and completely out of place there. It should have been rebuilt like 15 years ago. The cops waste a lot of time there. Sometimes you’ll drive by and see literally 10 cop cars surrounding the big building when they are busting someone, which happens a lot.
It remains because it’s basically a COA.
A majority of the units are owned by a handful of owners who own them out-right.
The (majority) of maintenance is handled onsite and there is little to no upkeep, because most people don’t want to get kicked out by complaining about their units.
They are mostly 4 bedrooms with locks so they can also charge by the room.
Money printing machine