Sanford police arrested a homeless man Sunday after linking him to a string of car burglaries within the space.
Domineke Leevail Terrell, 35, was arrested on 5 fees of housebreaking of an unoccupied conveyance and one cost of petit theft, in accordance with court docket data. Court docket data present three of the housebreaking fees are from Seminole County and the 2 different housebreaking fees, together with the petit theft cost, are from a Volusia County warrant.
Investigators say he’s liable for no less than seven car housebreaking instances within the areas of Washington Oaks, Celery Lakes and the San Lanta space, in accordance with a information launch from the Sanford Police Division.
Police responded about 1:45 a.m. Sunday to the realm of 1803 Paloma Avenue following studies of a car housebreaking. A number of people informed police a person in a darkish hoodie had rummaged by way of a number of automobiles on the property and was chased off. They mentioned nothing was lacking from their automobiles however that gadgets inside had been moved round, in accordance with Terrell’s arrest report.
Officers situated a person sporting a black hoodie and grey sweatpants strolling down the road the suspect was final seen on. Police stopped the person and recognized him as Terrell. It was found he had an arrest warrant out of Volusia County for housebreaking of a conveyance and was taken into custody. He was in possession of a considerable amount of quarters, the report mentioned.
Sanford police obtained a number of studies of car burglaries that occurred in a single day Sunday within the space of the incident and the place Terrell was arrested. The automobiles in these incidents have been unlocked and minor gadgets similar to cash have been stolen. Investigators have been then in a position to determine two different related instances that occurred in a single day Might 7 in Sanford, in accordance with the report.
In keeping with the report, Terrell admitted to police he dedicated a number of car burglaries on Sunday and Might 7, however didn’t give a selected quantity. He mentioned he’s homeless and that he’s simply attempting to outlive with out inflicting any hurt. He would solely goal unlocked automobiles and steal small quantities of change from automobiles, the report mentioned.