June 7, 2018
The Levy County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) formally filed
charges on Carlton James Mathis (7-29-89) and booked him into jail. Mathis was
released from the hospital yesterday afternoon after he received treatment for his
injuries and was transported to the Levy County Detention Facility. Mathis is suspected
in the death of an infant in Alabama and was also wanted for violating his
probation on a prior burglary case in Georgia. Mathis was stopped by LCSO
deputies and Alachua County Sheriff’s Office SWAT members Monday, June 4, 2018,
at the Bronson Villas in a vehicle he was riding in with Otis Johnson, Amanda
Oakes and a 14 year old girl. Mathis brandished a firearm when confronted by
law enforcement which ultimately ending in him being shot. The child and a
deputy sustained minor injuries from shrapnel during the shooting.
Mathis has been charged with aggravated assault with a
firearm with the intent to commit a felony, possession of a firearm by a
convicted felon, child neglect, possession of methamphetamine and possession of
marijuana. Both of these drugs were found on his person at the time he was shot
and taken to the hospital. Mathis had his first appearance in Levy County this
morning and his bond has been set at $650,000.00.
Additional charges were filed earlier today for trafficking
in methamphetamines. This charge stems from a large stash of methamphetamine found
in the vehicle on the evening he opposed law enforcement. Bond has not been set
on this charge.
Mathis will be held at the Levy County Detention Facility
until these charges have been answered for in a Levy County Court. He will then
be extradited to Alabama to face the homicide charges awaiting him there.