Gainesville Police arrested a man Thursday morning in connection with a staged burglary at an Internet cafe last month.
Police charged Xavier Antowyn Gunn, 39, of 3600 Windmeadows Blvd., Apt. 120, with armed burglary, grand theft and possession of a concealed weapon by a convicted felon, said Officer Ben Tobias, GPD spokesman.
A surveillance video from the Jan. 2 burglary showed Gunn walking into the cafe at 4158 NW 13th Street wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, pulling out a gun and demanding money from cashier Courtney Hamilton.
Hamilton, 21, gave the money to Gunn before he walked out of the cafe.
During the investigation, detectives viewed another surveillance video from before the burglary that showed Hamilton checking around the store to make sure the security guard and manager were not around and making a phone call before Gunn came in, Tobias said.
On Jan. 6, police arrested Hamilton on armed burglary and conspiracy charges, according to the Alachua County Clerk of Court website. After she admitted to staging the incident and was arrested, police couldn’t find Gunn.
At about 8:15 a.m. Thursday, a State Attorney’s Office investigator saw Gunn walking into his ex-wife’s house, located on the 2800 block of Northeast 11th Terrace, Tobias said.
Officers from GPD, Alachua County Sheriff’s Warrants Division and the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force soon arrived to the scene and surrounded the house, Tobias said.
Officers ordered Gunn to get out of the house while a dispatcher spoke to Gunn on the phone. He later walked out of the house and surrendered himself to police.
Tobias said officers believed that because Gunn was armed, they brought in the ASO and the Marshals Service to make the arrest.
Police booked Gunn into the Alachua County Jail later that afternoon, where he remained Thursday night with a $135,000 bond.
Contact Kathryn Varn at kvarn@alligator.org.
