Overview
- Law enforcement arrested 43-year-old Jonathan David Soto in a Jacksonville apartment complex on an outstanding fugitive warrant in connection with the 2023 killing of Republic Lounge co-owner Michael Gidewon.
- The Atlanta Police Department Fugitive Unit located Soto using investigative technology and asked the U.S. Marshals Service and the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office to help execute the arrest.
- Jacksonville Sheriff's Office SWAT officers breached the apartment door after Soto refused to come out and took him into custody without injuries or reported use of force.
- Soto is being held by Jacksonville authorities at the county jail while Fulton County moves to seek extradition to face homicide charges.
- Gidewon's death closed the Republic Lounge and drew a long-running investigation, and officials have declined to disclose the specific tracking methods used to find Soto as the case moves into legal processing.