June 15, 2021
On June 9, 2021 deputies responded to an early morning 911 call on NE 107 Court in Bronson. The 911 caller told dispatchers that a person had just kicked their front door down and fired a gun while struggling with her roommate. The caller told dispatchers the gunman and her roommate struggled out into the yard where the gunman was able to enter his vehicle and flee the scene.
Detectives interviewed the homeowner and the roommate who identified the gunman as James Ray Carson (8/10/71) of Morriston. Carson was able to elude immediate capture. Levy County Detectives worked with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force to apprehend Carson. He was located at a home in Marion County later this same day and arrested for active felony warrants issued in Alachua County.
A search warrant was served at the home in Marion County and a firearm was recovered. Carson is a convicted felon and prohibited from possessing a firearm. Testing of the weapon is being performed and when the weapon is identified as the same one used in the armed burglary in Levy County, Carson will be facing more charges. A warrant has also issued in Levy County and when Carson is transferred to our Detention Bureau he will be held on a $1,775,000.00 bond.