Posted on 02/03/2023 10:03:03 AM PST by grundle
A man is back in jail, charged with committing several armed robberies in three days.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said 33-year-old Branon Purcell was targeting convenience stores all across the city.
JSO said Purcell faces 11 counts of armed robbery at 10 different businesses.
“Purcell is no stranger to criminal activity as he had just been released from Florida State prison 21 days, 21 days before this arrest.” Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said.
Action News Jax told you back in 2016 when Purcell admitted to 10 armed robberies in Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Neptune Beach, according to officers.
He served six-and-a-half years in prison and investigators say he is back at it again, hence why JSO is coining this sting, “Operation Déjà Vu.”
“Percel committed three back-to-back robberies on January 19, making our robbery detectives acutely aware that they were dealing with a serial robber,” Waters said.
JSO said Percell hit the Gate gas station on Collins Road, along with three other gas stations and several CVS and Walgreens locations.
Police said in one instance, he even robbed a woman as he was leaving one of the businesses he just ransacked.
These robberies spanned all across Jacksonville in a matter of three days.
“Percell maintained an almost identical routine during his robberies. He would arm himself with a handgun. Cover himself with a mask, a hat and a hoodie. He would walk up to the register. Hold the store clerk at gunpoint and demand money from the cash register,” Waters said.
Percell was caught by police after robbing a CVS, where he took $241. They had to chase him as he drove off.
He was taken into custody and then taken to UF Health with minor injuries from the pursuit.
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Sounds like another candidate for a no bail release.
Well I wonder what will happen now going forward so to speak?
Well, what do you expect with inflation so high?
It’s only a matter of time before he ups his game and kills someone..
Bank it..
“I’m Back! I’m back inside again!”
Well...he isn’t lazy, I’ll give him that...
“JSO said Percell hit the Gate gas station on Collins Road...”
Collins Road is on what’s commonly referred to as the west side.
Jacksonville westsiders have an old saying that goes back decades: “the Westside is the best side”.........DON’T believe it. 😏
Florida has 3 strikes law.....if this is #3 he’s gone for 20 at least.
.....I think a strong argument to this Brannon Purcell escapade is that prisons, as we know them in the US today, are much too nice and comfy.
We need to go back to bustin rocks under the HOT sun !!!
Come on Man, his parole agent told him to get a job, so he got a job doing what he knows and loves...
Decent benefits, too - free food, accommodation, health care...
I’ve met Westside people down at The Landing.
“Interesting” people…
No sex, you hope.
So much for gun laws
Lynyrd Skynyrds Gimme Three Steps is a true story set in a real bar on the Westside.....just sayin’.
Also, you know the city deleted the landing in 2019 right?
I knew it was on the wrong side of the river before they ever broke ground...and sure enough. Just one more boondoggle like the skyway to nowhere. SMH
Lol, no idea about The Landing. I worked the bar across the St John’s from it.
What bar? Chart House, River City Brewing Co?
Lots of white criminals too... of course as a percentage blacks do commit more crimes.
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