A Georgia man considered a person of interest in his wife’s 2022 disappearance in metro Atlanta was arrested on a bench warrant out of Indiana less than a week after he failed to appear in court there on an unrelated gun charge.
Xavier Breland, 39, of Duluth, was taken into custody Monday at a truck weigh station in Monroe County, according to a Georgia State Patrol incident report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was booked into the Monroe jail and is being held on an out-of-state warrant.
Breland reported his wife, Ciera Breland, missing out of Carmel, Indiana, on Feb. 26, 2022, the AJC previously reported. Ciera, who was 31 at the time, was last seen two days earlier in Johns Creek where she and Xavier had been visiting family.
With help from the Carmel Police Department, Johns Creek police said Xavier Breland had been labeled a person of interest in Ciera’s disappearance, but he was not formally charged.
After Xavier Breland reported his wife missing, he was arrested in Indiana on separate, unrelated charges of stalking out of Coweta County. At the same time, he was also charged in Indiana with possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, according to court records.
Ciera has not been found, and authorities have not ruled out foul play. No one has been arrested, and Xavier remains the sole person of interest. The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information.
After his arrest in 2022, Breland was extradited to Coweta and later released on bond. According to court records, he was found not guilty of aggravated stalking in August 2022.
A few months later, court proceedings began in connection to his gun charges out of Hamilton County, Indiana, court records show. He appeared for his initial hearing on video and requested a public defender in February 2023, and his bond was set at $100,000. He posted bond a few days later.
The #FBI is offering a reward for information leading to the whereabouts of missing person Ciera Breland. If you have any information related to her disappearance please contact @JohnsCreekPD at 678-474-1610 or @CarmelPD at 317-571-2500. You can also visit https://t.co/F9ULdz87L2 pic.twitter.com/OkPKcqocvc
— FBI Atlanta (@FBIAtlanta) March 21, 2022
Breland was scheduled to appear in person for his final pretrial hearing in Indiana on Dec. 28, but he never showed up, court records show. His trial was postponed.
According to the GSP incident report, Breland was located when he made a routine stop at a weigh station on I-75. The trooper on duty checked Breland’s ID and found that he had a warrant for his arrest. He was detained and taken to jail, and his truck remained at the weigh station for its owner to collect at a later date.
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