In Gainesville, Florida, authorities have apprehended Kevin Marcus Boyd, aged 40, in connection with a string of car burglaries. This arrest followed the startling discovery of 18 firearms concealed near a community pool within a condominium complex.

The Gainesville Police Department had been on Boyd’s trail since March, suspecting him of perpetrating several vehicle break-ins during the pre-dawn hours of March 5. An arrest report details five such incidents in neighborhoods located off NW 24th Boulevard. Surveillance footage captured a black male, disguised with a ski mask and gloves, arriving on a bicycle. The individual was seen trying car door handles and entering vehicles between 1:25 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. on that date.

In one instance, the suspect was observed rifling through a backpack inside a vehicle. Another burglary saw him stealing loose change from a car’s center console, and in a third incident, a firearm was taken from a vehicle. Fortunately, in two other cases, the suspect left empty-handed as the vehicles were securely locked.

A pivotal breakthrough came when a detective from the Gainesville Police Department reviewed surveillance footage from a gas station located at the intersection of NW 53rd Avenue and NW 43rd Street. This footage showed Boyd arriving at approximately 3 a.m. on March 5, leaving a bicycle hidden in nearby bushes, and approaching the convenience store. His attire closely matched that of the burglary suspect, though he was no longer wearing a jacket, mask, or gloves.

A GPD detective found surveillance video at a gas station at the intersection of NW 53rd Avenue and NW 43rd Street that showed Boyd arriving at the gas station at about 3 a.m. on March 5 and leaving a bicycle in the bushes before walking up to the convenience store; his clothing matched the clothing of the suspect in the vehicle burglaries except that he was missing a jacket, the mask, and the gloves.

The detective interviewed a witness who has known Boyd “for an extended period of time,” and the witness positively identified the man at the gas station as Boyd. The detective also noted that video surveillance showed the same suspect along a path from the location of the burglaries to the gas station at various points between 2:30 a.m. and 3 a.m.

On October 13, a citizen contacted a GPD officer to report finding pistols buried next to the community pool clubhouse at Cumberland Circle (1900 NW 16th Terrace). Officers reportedly found 18 pistols in food storage containers “in a shallow grave,” about 15 feet from the front gate. A detective determined that 13 of the 18 guns had been reported stolen from vehicles, predominantly in the northwest area of Gainesville, throughout 2025. One of the firearms buried there was the one stolen on March 5.

Video surveillance in the area of the Cumberland Circle pool clubhouse reportedly showed Boyd climbing the fence to enter the pool area on September 18 and September 23; he can be seen approaching the area where the guns were buried on September 24, and he is also seen walking in that area on October 13.

The detective sent a search warrant to Boyd’s cell phone provider and confirmed that Boyd was in the area of the vehicle burglaries on March 5 and also at Cumberland Circle at the times he is shown on surveillance video.

Boyd has been charged with four counts of unarmed burglary of a vehicle, armed burglary of a vehicle, grand theft of a firearm, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He has six felony convictions (non-violent) and 12 misdemeanor convictions (non-violent); he has served one state prison sentence and was released in August 2023. Judge Meshon Rawls set bail at $300,000.

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