November 22, 2024
The Levy County Sheriff’s Office along with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office was seeking to apprehend Julius Wright (9/20/97) of Bronson for multiple felony warrants. Wright was released from custody on 7/20/24 after an arrest for multiple thefts, home burglaries and weapons offenses and court ordered to remain at his residence in Bronson. The courts further ordered he wear an ankle monitoring device. Wright cut the monitoring device off several weeks ago and went on another crime spree.
Wright is a person of interest in multiple open burglary investigations the Levy County Sheriff’s Office is conducting in the Bronson and Williston area. In addition, the LCSO had secured six (6) warrants for his arrest for failure to appear in court from his arrest in July. The Alachua County Sheriff’s sought to apprehend Wright from a recent burglary investigation where he fled from ASO deputies and was able to avoid arrest.
LCSO Detectives received a tip yesterday at 1:30 p.m. that Wright was seen entering a home in Bronson. Detectives arrived and secured the perimeter of the home, suspecting Wright was hiding inside. Wright is known to carry firearms and evidence was found that he was possibly in possession of a gun at the time the house was surrounded. This necessitated a response from the LCSO Tactical Response Unit when he would not surrender. LCSO sought assistance from the ASO SWAT team and a robot was used to safely search the home around 7:30 p.m. Wright was not found inside.
This did not end the search as Wright was found less than an hour later hiding in another home several blocks away. He was safely taken into custody and is being held in the Levy County Detention Center. Wright has additionally been charged with tampering with a court ordered monitoring device and resisting arrest. His bond has not yet been set.