Marietta Police said that they’ve arrested a man accused of robbing a taxi driver at a residence in an East Marietta neighborhood Sunday following an overnight standoff that involved SWAT officers.
Police said that Jevelious Bryant, 40, is facing charges of aggravated assault, simple battery and being a felon in the possession of a firearm.
According to Cobb Sheriff’s Office records, Bryant was taken into custody Sunday night at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center and is being held without bond.
Police said that Bryant is accused of pulling out a gun and aiming it at a taxi driver who had dropped Bryant off at a home early Sunday morning on Carolyn Street, located off Wallace Road near the North Marietta Parkway and Interstate 75.
The driver had confronted Bryant, whom police said refused to pay for the taxi ride. Police said the driver ran away on foot and hid until Bryant went into the residence.
Police said officers were called to the scene and couldn’t get Bryant to answer the door. Marietta Police SWAT officers were called to the scene around 5 a.m., and discovered that the home was subdivided into apartments with separate entrances, police said.
Police said that all of the occupants of the building were evacuated from by 7:30 a.m. Sunday, and they arrested Bryant after obtaining a search warrant.
Bryant also faces misdemeanor charges of theft of services and marijuana possession, according to his booking report.
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