A man accused of chasing the boyfriend of his child’s mother with a cocked gun was arrested by Gainesville Police Sunday evening.
Said F. Soriano Cuevas, 26, of Gainesville, was arrested at Southwest 20th Avenue after chasing and threatening a man with his weapon, according to an arrest report.
The man told police he was driving to his apartment when a white Toyota sped around him and blocked him. Cuevas got out of his car and began swearing at the man to get out of the car, the report said.
When the man did not, Cuevas pulled a handgun out of the trunk of his car and cocked it, police wrote. Cuevas is accused of walking toward the man’s car while holding the gun in front of him.
The man backed the car up and drove away once he saw the gun, police said. Cuevas began to chase the car on foot, but then got back in his car and drove after the man, police said.
The man turned into the plaza on the corner of SW 20th Avenue and 34th Street when Cuevas turned his car around, police said.
When officers arrived, the man was speaking with Cuevas’s child’s mother on the phone. Police asked her if Cuevas owned a gun, and she said yes, the report said.
Cuevas called police claiming someone threatened him, the report said.
Cuevas was released Monday on a $10,000 bond.
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