A man armed with an AK-47 was arrested Tuesday and charged with breaking into a Belleview home were two women were hiding in a bedroom closet.
Marion County Sheriff’s deputies and Belleview police officers worked together to take Jarvis Lamar Webster into custody at the home, located in the 5400 block of County Road 144. When they arrived, Webster was inside the house, a Marion County Sheriff’s report says.
Webster came out of the house holding a cigarette pack and a lighter. When the deputy opened the cigarette pack, he found a folded dollar bill that contained a white powder and a rock-like substance that tested positive for cocaine, the report says.
Several deputies went into the home and led the two women to safety. One said she knew Webster by the name of “Lucky” but hadn’t seen him until recently in several years.
The woman also claimed that Webster came to her home Monday and took a shot at her boyfriend, adding that she didn’t report the incident to law enforcement.
The other woman said she heard Webster knocking at the door several times before he entered the home, adding that he waved a silver gun in the air before entering the home, the report says.
The deputy found the gun wrapped in a sheet in a child’s bedroom. He said the serial number on the weapon was scratched off.
A Belleview officer also found Webster’s cell phone in a bathroom inside the home, along with a white powdered substance later identified by Webster as “molly,” the report says.
One of the women called a neighbor who came to the house armed and saw Webster trying to get into the residence, the report states. The neighbor said he got out of his vehicle with a gun and hid behind some trees because of the way Webster was acting. He added that Webster threatened to shoot him right before deputies arrived at the location.
During questioning after his arrest, Webster “rambled on during the interview, cursing and at times making statements that made no sense.” He denied breaking into the home and said he had been living there. When asked about the gun, he said, “I may have touched it, I may not have (expletive deleted).”
Webster also told deputies that the cigarette pack he dropped was his if it contained “molly” inside it, but not if crack cocaine was in it, the report says.
Webster, who is a convicted felon, was taken to the Marion County Jail and charged with burglary of a dwelling, possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, drug possession without a prescription and possession of an altered firearm. He was held on a $45,000 bond.