November 21, 2022
On Friday, November 18 Levy County Deputies responded to the home located at 3650 SE 197 Court in Morriston to a report of gunfire. Deputies arrived to find Ross Marple (9/2/92) used a handgun to threaten a family member inside the home. Marple then fired the gun at the television while issuing additional threats to the family member. He also broke most of the windows out of the home. Deputies attempted to speak to Marple as he threatened them and barricaded himself inside the home.
Levy County Deputies and Detectives surrounded the home and blocked access roads for several hours while calling to Marple over their vehicle public address system to surrender. Marple did not respond to any of these requests. The Levy County Tactical Response Unit (TRU) was summoned to the scene to assist. TRU members were able to make entry into the home and take Marple into custody. No one was injured during this incident.
Marple was arrested for aggravated assault with a firearm. He posed a real and dangerous threat to the individuals inside the home, any person outside the home and law enforcement as he fired the gun indiscriminately from inside his home. He was also charged with assault on a law enforcement officer. He was booked into the Levy County Detention Center and is being held on a $105,000.00 bond.