Articles Posted in Theft Crimes

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A man from Georgia is facing many charges after he was arrested in Florida for allegedly stealing from vehicles and occupied residences.

At the beginning of June, an individual was in the vicinity of a single-family housing complex in Doral, Miami, with the alleged intention of swiping items from the residents. The person, who was believed to be a man, was wearing a ski mask as they reportedly strolled through the area. He allegedly tried to open several vehicles, and when he found unlocked ones, he reportedly stole garage door openers and used them to enter the garages of the homes where they were installed.

From one of the houses, the residents, who were home when the alleged intruder entered, reported that electronics, credit cards, and their Kia were taken. Several items were also reported as stolen from multiple additional residences. The suspect allegedly used the reportedly stolen car to leave the area.

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Two PortMiami employees are facing several charges after they were allegedly caught on camera stealing art pieces worth over $50,000 from their job site.

According to reports, public artwork made of marble and crafted into mosaics with depictions of different marine life in the center decorated the walls in PortMiami’s Terminal G. On May 12, some of the mosaics began to go missing. Eleven days later, someone notified the authorities about the situation, and the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation.

The terminal has security cameras, and on May 27, deputies started looking through the footage. They reported that an individual was seen taking the art off the walls, and it appeared as if they hid the pieces until they were later able to put them in a vehicle and take them from the premises. The deputies believed the suspect was an employee who works as a custodian at the port, and that the car the items were loaded into belonged to one of his coworkers. They searched the man’s home and reported that they found 12 of the pieces, and added that both suspects allegedly admitted they took the mosaics.

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When a Virginia man was released from incarceration, he was arrested again a few hours later for allegedly stealing a vehicle and attempting to burglarize a residence.

On May 9, a 28-year-old man from Woodbridge was arrested on suspicion of auto theft, eluding or disregarding the police, and exceeding the speed limit. He spent 18 days in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. After a bond hearing on the morning of May 27, he was released on his own recognizance. The man enjoyed approximately 10 hours of freedom before he had an encounter with the police regarding criminal activity that happened after he was freed.

According to reports, around 7:00 PM, a woman was in her Burke home when someone she did not know let themselves in. She grabbed a weapon to protect herself, and the individual ran out of the house and drove away. She notified the authorities about the incident, and officers from the Fairfax County Police Department went to the address to investigate. They collected details about the alleged burglary and also learned that a vehicle, which might have been the one the suspect was driving, was reported stolen from the courthouse parking lot. It was suspected that the auto thief was the man who was released that morning. After a short search, he was found with the vehicle and accused of stealing it and breaking into the woman’s residence.

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A 43-year-old U.S. Army combat veteran is facing multiple charges after allegedly breaking into the home belonging to the CEO of Beanie Babies and violently attacking a woman.

Late in the afternoon on May 21, the 80-year-old CEO of Beanie Babies and others who live in his Montecito, California, residence were at home when a strange man reportedly walked in. The alleged intruder reportedly said it was his house and ordered everyone to get out before locking himself in a bathroom. The authorities were notified, and they went to the address to see what was going on.

When they arrived, deputies from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office noted that a 60-year-old woman who appeared to be seriously injured was outside the house, and everyone else appeared to have gotten out unharmed. The woman was taken to the hospital, and it was reported that she sustained a brain injury that left her in a coma. The deputies also learned that the suspect was still inside the home. Law enforcement from several agencies went to the scene to assist, and when a crisis intervention specialist tried to coax him out of the restroom, the man reportedly refused.

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Three people in northwest Florida were arrested on multiple charges after a years-long, multi-agency investigation led the authorities to believe they trafficked over a hundred pounds of drugs out of a privately owned pharmacy.

At the end of 2020, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Highway Patrol, the Florida Department of Financial Services, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and several other agencies started investigating Pace Pharmacy when they suspected the business was being used as a pill mill. The pharmacy is owned by a 54-year-old pharmacist and his 58-year-old wife, who works as the office manager. A second man, age 69, is employed as a pharmacist at the location.

The authorities believed that the business was providing large quantities of illicit substances to people who did not have a medical need for them and illegally billed insurance companies to cover the cost. During the investigation, it was asserted that the alleged pill mill moved more than 48 pounds of oxycodone, 57 pounds of hydrocodone, and approximately two pounds of hydromorphone.

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An Indiana cemetery employee was arrested on multiple charges after allegedly digging up a grave site to steal a gold ring from a burial urn.

On the evening of May 12, an individual on the property of the Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens in Fishers reportedly went to a gravesite containing a burial urn with a gold ring inside. According to reports, it was believed the man dug up the vessel and stole the ring. At the same time, a patrolling officer from the Fishers Police Department noticed a parked car in the area and stopped to check it out.

When they looked inside, the officer reported that the car was unoccupied and spotted a shotgun, in addition to what appeared to be drug paraphernalia. While the police tried to find out who the vehicle was registered to, a 24-year-old man approached them and said it was his. He identified himself as someone who worked at Oak Lawn, and it was noted that there was dirt all over him. The man allegedly informed the officers about the gold ring, and they saw the gravesite and confirmed that it appeared as if the dirt had been disturbed.

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A man who is on parole out of Wyoming was arrested in Utah on multiple theft charges when the police located the suspect after a local news station asked for the public’s help to find him.

On the evening of May 9, a man driving a Dodge Ram reportedly entered a residential driveway in Taylorsville and parked his truck. After getting out of the vehicle, he allegedly tried to open the door to the home and then kicked open a fence in the yard. According to reports, he swiped tools from the sheds and put them in the back of his truck before driving away. When the residents returned home, they saw the broken fence and damage to their door and notified the authorities.

The alleged victims supplied the police with a home surveillance video of the incident, and it helped them identify the person they believed was the culprit. The footage was also shown on the news when a local station covered the story and asked the public to call if they had any information. Multiple people reached out, and three days after the alleged robbery, the police saw the man driving what was believed to be the same truck seen in the surveillance video. When he noticed the police, the man allegedly tried to escape but was quickly apprehended.

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A man wanted for allegedly stealing from vehicles and breaking into a residence at the end of April was arrested after a brief foot chase when an officer spotted him walking down the street.

On April 28, it was reported that multiple people with vehicles parked at the Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Tiverton, Rhode Island, reported that they noticed belongings were missing from their automobiles. The purported thefts were reported to the police, but the suspect was not immediately found. Two days later, someone dressed similarly to the individual who was believed to be involved in the casino parking lot incident reportedly broke into a local residence, but they were no longer at the scene when the authorities learned about the situation.

The search for the suspect continued, and late in the morning on May 5, an officer from the Tiverton Police Department was patrolling when they believed they spotted the man. The officer was able to talk to him for a few minutes, but after allegedly providing a fake identity, the man reportedly tried to run away. According to reports, he fled on foot past multiple businesses and then went into a nearby wooded area. Officers continued pursuing him, and he was caught after a short chase. The police reported that a bag they assumed belonged to the man was found in the woods in the area he ran through, and it appeared to have stolen items inside.

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A man in Kentucky is facing multiple charges after the father of a 13-year-old girl found him lying naked on his daughter’s bedroom floor.

According to reports, a 20-year-old man from Louisville had been communicating with a 13-year-old girl whose family home is in Florence. The pair reportedly decided to meet, allegedly to have sex, and on the evening of April 28, the man went to her residence to see the teen.

When the man got there, the pair went to her bedroom, and they made enough noise that her father woke up. When he went to investigate the sounds, he went into his daughter’s room and reportedly saw a naked man lying on the floor. Her dad has a gun, and he went to get it after saying he was going to call the authorities. Before he was able to grab it, the man quickly left the home and drove off in his vehicle. The angry dad stepped outside onto the porch, aimed the gun at the ground, and fired the gun three times before calling the police.

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The adult son of a woman’s in-home employee in southeastern Florida is facing multiple charges after he was accused of stealing when the employer reported that she was missing over $30,000 worth of jewelry.

According to reports, a woman who lives in Palm Beach notified the authorities last week to let them know she had discovered jewelry worth approximately $34,000 was missing from her collection. She said she couldn’t locate two Rolex watches, two gold necklaces, and multiple pendants, including two with diamonds, and one with a ruby,  diamond, and sapphire, and she believed they had been stolen. The woman added that while her housekeeper and housekeeper’s son were there, she left her home on April 19, and posited that the pieces were taken while she was gone. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation.

The authorities tracked down approximately $26,600 worth of what was identified as the alleged victim’s missing jewelry between a pawn shop in West Palm Beach and a pawn shop in Lake Worth. The establishments provided surveillance videos that reportedly showed the individual who pawned the items, and the man was identified as the housekeeper’s 39-year-old son.

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