Pastor Accused Of Firing Shots Into SUV
POSTED: Wednesday, April 2, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A pastor with a criminal past was arrested after police said he fired shots at a vehicle belonging to his ex-wife's husband.Edward Lavant, 30, a minister and youth pastor at Greater St. Marks Missionary Baptist Church, was charged with firing at a vehicle.Police said Lavant went to the victim's home off Cherbourg Avenue South and shot three times at an SUV owned by a man married to Lavant's ex-wife.Police said a bullet lodged in that vehicle was matched with a gun found in Lavant's car.Police said Lavant's motive appeared to be jealousy."This is a situation where jealousy is reigning," said Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spokesman Ken Jefferson.This arrest comes less than two years after Lavant was released from prison after serving eight years on a conviction of attempted murder.
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