A 36-year-old Leesburg woman has been arrested in Virginia Beach, Va. by a SWAT team in connection with the death earlier this year of a Leesburg man.
Sonja Isadieu-Johnson was taken into custody Wednesday by Virginia Beach police. The SWAT team also had an arrest warrant for 31-year-old Jeron L. Johnson, also of Leesburg. However, he was not found at the residence where she was arrested.
Johnson is being sought in connection with the Aug. 4 murder of 34 year-old Michael Pettis Jr. He was pronounced dead by paramedics after his body was found lying in a yard in the 1000 block of West Line Street. Police had been called to the area about 15 minutes earlier in response to a complaint about gunfire being heard, but they found nothing at the time.
Officers returned soon after when someone reported discovering the body
The Leesburg Police Department is asking anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Jeron Johnson to call the Leesburg Police Department at (352) 787-2121. CRIMELINE is also offering a reward, up to $5,000, for information leading to his arrest.
Jeron Johnson had been arrested by Lake County sheriff’s deputies in 2018 on a charge of firing a weapon in public. In 2016, he was arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery.