Gainesville Police are still searching for a man who was involved in an attempted armed robbery of a family early Thursday morning.
His accomplice, Joe Meadows Jr., 20, was found nearby and was identified by the family as one of the attackers.
Armed with handguns and duct tape, the two men entered the home through an unlocked sliding glass door at about 12:20 a.m., a GPD arrest report stated.
When they got inside, the men found a 16-year-old boy sleeping on the couch and attempted to tie him up. The boy's mother, father and two younger brothers heard the noise and went downstairs.
According to the report, the men threatened the family with guns but left when the mother ran outside to call for help.
With the help of GPD police dog Redd, officers found Meadows hiding on the back porch of a nearby apartment, the report stated.
After interviewing the family, officer Jon Rappa wrote in the report that the shaken-up 9-year-old boy tugged on the officer's pant leg, crying and said, "This has never happened before."
Meadows was charged with four counts of aggravated assault, one count of aggravated battery and five counts of armed burglary.
