Third credit union suspect arrested

 

The Alachua Police Department (APD) has arrested a third suspect in the attempted homicide and robbery that occurred at SunState Federal Credit Union.

Police obtained a warrant for the arrest of Akil Flagg on Dec. 30 in connection with the incident.

Shortly after the warrant was obtained, APD officers, with assistance of the Alachua County Sheriff's Office Warrant Division, contacted Flagg at his residence in Alachua.

Flagg was found hiding in an air conditioner vent inside his residence, and he was arrested without incident.

On Dec. 16 at about 11:15 p.m., a man entered the lobby of APD saying he had been shot while retrieving cash from an automatic teller machine (ATM) at SunState Federal Credit Union on U.S. Highway 441 in Alachua.

The man said after retrieving the cash, he got back into his vehicle.  Moments later, he leaned forward to start the vehicle’s engine when he heard what was described as a “very loud” gunshot, which apparently shattered the driver’s side window.  Upon looking back, the man noticed a white Ford Explorer sitting in the parking lot of Alachua Tractor, a neighboring business.

Police say when they went to the area of SunState Federal Credit Union, they saw the reported Ford Explorer parked in the same location described by the man who had been shot.  Upon approaching the white Ford, police say three people exited the vehicle and fled on foot.

After about a 200-yard foot chase, police reportedly caught Richard Demond Addison, 23, of Alachua.  According to police reports, the vehicle in which the trio was sitting had been reported stolen two days prior and a gun was found inside the Ford.

At the time, police were unable to catch the two other people who reportedly fled the scene.  By Thursday, Dec. 23, police obtained a warrant for the arrest of Derae Jenkins, 18, of Alachua in connection with the alleged shooting.  Police picked up Jenkins Friday morning, Dec. 24.