Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Authorities apprehended 20-year-old Mikale Immanuel Fuye yesterday in connection with a home invasion, where more than $20,000 worth of items, including a firearm and checkbooks, were reportedly stolen. Fuye is also accused of attempting to evade law enforcement after colliding with another vehicle.
On May 18, deputies from the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office responded to a burglary report. The homeowners explained that an intruder had forced entry while they were out, leaving their residence in disarray. Among the stolen items were $6,000 in cash, $15,000 worth of jewelry, a handgun, business checks, credit cards, passports, and social security cards. The extent of the damage made it difficult for the victims to determine if additional items had been taken.
As deputies investigated the area, they obtained surveillance footage showing a white Lincoln sedan arriving around 8:50 a.m. and speeding away roughly an hour later. The car was noted for its illegally tinted front and side windows.
During their search, officers identified only one white Lincoln sedan in the vicinity, registered to Fuye.
The victims further disclosed that their credit card had been used at several locations on the day of the incident. Deputies found that surveillance cameras at one of these stores captured the white Lincoln on video.
At about 3:26 p.m. on May 20, a deputy conducted a traffic stop on a white sedan with illegal window tint after the sedan left Majestic Oaks without stopping. The driver allegedly drove away after a deputy instructed him to stop while making eye contact; the car accelerated away and made several turns in an effort to evade deputies but eventually crashed into an uninvolved vehicle that was stopped behind an RTS bus near the intersection of SW 61st Street and SW 8th Avenue. This caused Fuye’s vehicle to travel off the roadway and crash into a tree before coming to rest in a ditch next to a children’s playground.
Fuye allegedly tried to flee by jumping out of the driver’s side window of the car, but he was apprehended by deputies and a K-9.
A loaded handgun was reportedly found in the street next to Fuye’s crashed car, along with other items that had been inside the car.
A probable cause search of the vehicle reportedly produced the victim’s business checks and personal checkbook in the trunk, and a firearm was found in the vehicle, but it was not the victim’s stolen firearm. At the time the report was written, deputies were awaiting a search warrant to try to find the other items stolen in the burglary.
Post Miranda, Fuye reportedly declined to answer any questions.
Fuye was medically cleared at a hospital before being transported to the jail.
Fuye has been charged with armed burglary of a dwelling, fleeing with disregard for the safety of others, two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, grand theft over $20,000, grand theft of a firearm, fraudulent use of credit cards over $300, possession of another person’s identification without consent, and theft of a credit card. He has a juvenile conviction from 2022 and three adult felony convictions (two violent); he has served one state prison sentence and was released in December 2025. Judge Adam Lee ordered him held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s Office to hold him without bail until trial; if the judge denies the motion, bail will be set at that hearing.
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