Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Demetrius Albert Marcel Jones-Ross, 31, was arrested yesterday and charged with seven felonies and two misdemeanors after deputies pulled him over as a suspect in a hit-and-run of a person in a wheelchair.

Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted a traffic stop of Jones-Ross’ Dodge Charger outside Madison Cove Apartments on SW Archer Road at about 7:20 p.m. on Sunday because the Charger matched the general description of a car that had been involved in a hit-and-run of a person in a wheelchair in the area. Deputies also reported that the Charger’s window tint appeared to be illegal, and the tint was later verified to be illegal.

Jones-Ross, the Charger’s driver, reportedly pulled into a turn lane for Madison Cove, then pulled back onto Archer Road, driving eastbound. He then reportedly performed a U-turn at 4600 SW Archer Road and started driving westbound; he allegedly failed to pull over after deputies activated lights and sirens. Deputies began positioning patrol vehicles to box him in, and Jones-Ross allegedly made an abrupt left turn, hitting a patrol vehicle and causing significant damage.

Jones-Ross then allegedly jumped out of the Charger and fled on foot from deputies. A deputy eventually caught up with Jones-Ross and subdued him with a Taser after he allegedly refused to get on the ground.

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A probable cause search of the Charger reportedly produced cash totaling over $2,400, a Glock 43 with an extended magazine within reach of the driver, about 9.51 grams of MDMA (Ecstasy), and 11.03 grams of MDPV (Molly), which are considered trafficking quantities. Two scales and a plastic spoon with white residue were also reportedly found.

Jones-Ross was charged with driving without a license (3rd or subsequent violation), fleeing, property damage, resisting an officer without violence, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of trafficking quantities of phenethylamines, distribution of synthetic narcotics, and possession of drug equipment.

Jones-Ross was also arrested on a warrant for domestic battery with strangulation.

Jones-Ross has juvenile convictions, two adult felony convictions (two violent), and four adult misdemeanor convictions (one violent). He has served three prison sentences, with his most recent release in 2020. Judge Thomas Jaworski set bail at $457,000 on the combined charges.

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