A brother arrested during a recent SWAT raid at his home has landed back behind bars.
Jeffery Wayne Byrne, 53, of Leesburg, was being held without bond this past weekend at the Lake County Jail after a Sumter County judge revoked his bond in a theft case.
He had been arrested June 1 along with his brother, 42-year-old Aaron M. Byrne, at their residence at 1309 Maugans Ave.
As the officers removed Aaron Byrne from his room, they located his wallet next to a .22-caliber pistol and a digital scale with narcotics residue on the surface, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department They also found two baggies containing 76.1 grams of marijuana, a baggie containing cocaine and two baggies containing narcotics in Aaron Byrne’s room.
Aaron Byrne was booked at the Leesburg Police Department for possession of marijuana greater than 20 grams, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and two counts of possession of controlled substances. Aaron Byrne has been arrested for a number of charges including cocaine possession in 2015.
When he was transported to the Lake County Jail, Aaron Byrne was also served with an arrest warrant charging him with a theft of two chainsaws and two potted plants which allegedly occurred last year at a Lowe’s home improvement store in Mount Dora. That warrant indicated that the Lowe’s loss prevention manager had viewed a video which showed Aaron Byrne stealing the items. He was aided in that theft by his brother, who was sentenced to 270 days confinement in the Lake County Jail for that offense.
