GAINESVILLE, Fla. – During the early morning hours of Saturday, October 10, 2026, DS E. Morris responded to the 6700 block of SW 8th Ave. after a report of a possible robbery and stolen vehicle. The victim told deputies they were inside when they spotted their dark-colored Honda driving past. The victim went outside, followed the vehicle and relayed its location to law enforcement.
When DS Morris arrived, he found the Honda with two people inside, later identified as 16-year-old Reshaune Showers and 17-year-old Pershon Sylvester. Morris positioned his vehicle in front of the stolen car and activated his emergency lights. Both suspects then got out and ran north. Showers was captured during the ensuing foot chase, while Sylvester was found hiding in nearby bushes by an agency-issued K-9 during a subsequent track.
Deputies also found a loaded magazine outside the stolen vehicle. Investigators determined that Showers possessed the ammunition. A records check showed that Showers had previously been adjudicated delinquent, meaning he had been convicted of a felony crime.
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Both teenagers were arrested and taken to the Juvenile Detention Center. Showers was charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle, possession of ammunition by a Florida delinquent and resisting without violence. Sylvester faces charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle and resisting without violence.