A Villages of Parkwood man has been sentenced in a crime spree last year at Bison Valley.
Andrew Rigel Lariviere, 20, was sentenced last week in Sumter County Court to two years of community control and four years drug offender probation on charges of armed burglary, grand theft and criminal mischief.
Sumter County sheriff’s deputies responded on the morning of June 12, 2018 to Bison Valley, a family subdivision near The Villages Charter School, where a car and gun had been stolen and a Lady Lake Police Department patrol car had been burglarized. A Smith & Wesson Body Guard .380-caliber weapon had been taken from a 2018 blue Ford F-150. In addition, a 2010 silver Ford Edge was stolen from Bison Valley. That car was later ditched at Immanuel Baptist Church at 8015 SE 180th Street in Marion County, with the driver reportedly fleeing on foot.
Multiple blood stains were left at the scene. An estimated $32,600 damage was done to the Bison Valley mailboxes, prompting an arson investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
The sheriff’s office later released images captured on video surveillance of the suspect.
The release of a surveillance video prompted a tip from a woman who wished to remain anonymous. A deputy went to Lariviere’a home in the Villages of Parkwood, however, he denied any involvement in the Bison Valley crime spree. The deputy noted that Lariviere looked like the suspect in the video and had injuries to his right arm and knuckles, consistent with the damage to the burglarized Lady Lake police patrol car.
A relative confirmed to deputies that the suspect captured on video surveillance appeared to be Lariviere. He turned himself in on July 2, 2018.