September 30, 2016
The United States Marshal’s Florida Regional Fugitive Task
Force and the Criminal Investigations Division of the Levy County Sheriff’s
Office executed an arrest warrant on Theophilus Lee earlier today in Williston.
Theophilus Lee, most recently released from the Florida Department of
Corrections in 2014, was identified by the Gainesville Police Department as a
suspect in a recent Armed Home Invasion Robbery in Alachua County
Lee was also identified as a suspect in a recent
investigation conducted by the LCSO. This investigation was related to a report
of shots being fired into a home located in the east Williston area of Levy County
Lee’s escape attempt was short lived. He made it
approximately 300 yards before he was captured and returned to custody. Lee is
currently being held on a $1,000,000 bond. He faces an additional charge of
escape and will appear before an 8th Judicial Circuit Judge tomorrow
morning at first appearance.
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