A Gainesville man was arrested for breaking into a house and stealing $5,000 worth of items, including a gun, Gainesville Police said.
At about 3 a.m. Saturday, David Allen Tyree smashed a window of a Gainesville home on Northwest 38th Place, according to an arrest report. Tyree, a 41-year-old convicted felon, took a Glock 27 handgun from a bedroom closet and about $5,000 worth of other items.
At about 8:30 a.m., a woman saw Tyree hiding stolen items in the woods about 100 yards from the home he burglarized, police said. He left on a bicycle, taking some stolen items with him.
Police stopped Tyree nearby and arrested him, according to the report.
After his arrest, Tyree admitted to breaking into the home and stealing, according to the report. Police said he took them to the spot where he hid the gun, which was in a box with two ammunition-filled magazines, along with the other stolen items.
He was arrested on charges of armed burglary of a dwelling, grand theft between $300 and $4,999, grand theft of a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was taken to the Alachua County Jail where he remains, as of press time, in lieu of a $325,000 bond.
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