Man on probation arrested for carrying concealed weapon

BY JENNIFER CABRERA

NEWBERRY, Fla. – Trevarios Nelson Oliver, 21, was arrested early this morning in Newberry and charged with carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. He is on probation following a 2020 arrest for armed robbery.

An Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy reported that he was in his patrol car at the intersection of CR 235 and Newberry Lane at about 1:40 a.m. when he saw a blue sedan turn onto CR 235 and then turn into Newberry Oaks. The sedan reportedly stopped in the roadway, with the driver sitting inside the car.

The deputy turned on his lights to initiate a suspicious vehicle investigation and asked the driver, identified as Oliver, to step back to his patrol car. Oliver reportedly said he was in the area to pick up a friend. He showed the deputy a text message from a friend, but the deputy noted that the message had arrived at 5:20 p.m., about 8 hours before his contact with Oliver.

Oliver provided the deputy with an ID card and reportedly advised that he did not have a driver’s license. The deputy wrote that he could smell marijuana coming from the car and asked Oliver if he had marijuana in the car; Oliver reportedly said there was a marijuana “blunt” in the car and that he did not have a medical marijuana card.

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A search of Oliver reportedly produced a gun concealed in the front of his waistband; the gun had been reported lost to the Alachua Police Department.

The deputy charged Oliver with unlawful possession of a concealed firearm. He was previously sentenced to six years of probation in 2021 as a youthful offender, with adjudication of guilt withheld, for armed robbery. About a month after the resolution of that case, 17 felony charges of burglary in 14 cases were dropped.

Judge Susan Miller-Jones set bail at $50,000.

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