Holmes Beach police arrested Bradenton resident Devon Guidry, 27, June 6 on two third-degree felony charges for armed trespassing and carrying a concealed firearm.
Guidry also was charged with a first-degree misdemeanor for trespassing on property other than a structure/conveyance.
Two HBPD officers patrolling the parking lot of the plaza in the 3300 block of East Bay Drive around 11:30 p.m. saw a man, later identified as Guidry, walking through the center.
The officers recognized Guidry, who’d been trespassed from the plaza within the past year, and approached him.
Guidry “immediately became verbally hostile” toward the officers and would not listen when they told him he was still trespassed from the property.
The officers arrested Guidry for trespassing and searched him, finding a loaded .22 caliber pistol for which Guidry lacked a permit in his left pocket.
The officers transported Guidry to the Holmes Beach Police Department for processing, then transferred custody of Guidry to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office transport unit.
The transport unit took Guidry to the Manatee County jail, where he remained in custody under $3,000 bond as of June 16.
If convicted, punishment for a third-degree felony charge includes up to five years in prison, five years of probation and a fine of up to $5,000.
Punishment for a first-degree misdemeanor includes up to one year in prison, one year of probation and a fine of up to $1,000.
An arraignment will be at 9 a.m. Friday, July 14, at the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.