LEESBURG, Fla. – A bail bond agent was arrested Thursday afternoon after the agent fired shots at a man she was attempting to take into custody, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Sheila Antley, of Honey Bail Bonds in Tavares, was arrested at 4:15 p.m. Thursday after an investigation into the incident that happened earlier at the Blueberry Hill Apartment Complex in Leesburg.
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Deputies arrived at the apartment complex after receiving reports of shots being fired in the parking lot.
Deputies learned that Antley is a bail bond agent who was at the complex attempting to take Preston Greenlee and Stephanie Crouse into custody on warrants for orders to revoke their bonds, the Sheriff's Office said.
Deputies said Greenlee was out on bond for a grand theft charge and Crouse was out on bond for a charge of dealing in stolen property. Antley had their bonds revoked when they failed to appear in court.
Antley told deputies she was trying to arrest Greenlee when he attempted to flee the parking lot in his car. It was at that point that witnesses said she fired three or four shots from her handgun, in what Antley explained as an attempt to shoot out the vehicle's tires.
No one was hurt during the incident. Deputies said Greenlee remains at large. Crouse was taken into custody.
Antley was placed under arrest and charged with shooting into an occupied vehicle, deputies said. Her bond was set at $10,000.
Antley holds a valid concealed weapons permit for her firearm, deputies said.