Tallahassee Police Department Date of Report 04/24/2008 23:36 Case# 00-08-013406 Incident Report Burberry wallet, which contained several credit cards in name: Target, Sun Trust, Wachovia cell phone, a Bank, FSU ID card, health insurance card and SSN card. Also taken was stated that she had Motorola Razor, and her Sony Cyber Shot digital camera, model DSC-T5. purchased a 1GB memory card for the camera and that the memory card was still in the camera. The telephone number for the phone was . Both and provided sworn written statements at the time of the report. Later on 4/24/08 at approximately 1pm , TPD investigators utilized electronic surveillance measures to locate the defendant at his place of employment, Firehouse Subs, 3535 Apalachee Parkway. The defendant was observed getting on a Star Metro bus at the bus stop just outside of Firehouse Subs. Investigators Grasso and Lewis boarded the bus prior to its departure and detained the defendant at gunpoint and escorted him off of the bus. The victim's ( ) Motorola Razor cell phone was found in his right pant cargo pocket. was transported to TPD headquarters for a follow-up interview. At the time was detained , he indicted that he found the cell phone in the apartment complex where he lived, Seminole Ridge Apartments located at 1375 Pullen Road apt 415. the Administration of Investigator Lewis and myself interviewed at TPD HQ. I read Oath form and the Miranda form, which read and signed both forms indicating that he understood them. explained that he came back to his apartment complex at approximately 6pm that evening after having gone to Madison County to submit to a DNA paternity test . then claimed that he was just "hanging out" in the complex with an unknown male named "Dred" in the adjacent apartment building , and also was talking to female residents, one which he knows as "Cookie". stated that he was also hanging out with his roommates and . claimed that r and went to the Moon sometime after 11 pm. After they left, he stated that he walked back to his apartment and while doing so he stepped on the victim's phone , which was supposedly lying along a concrete path adjacent to the suspect's building. He claimed that when he stepped on it, it lit up and made a sound ; he picked it up, and seeing that it was from the phone the working , brought it into the apartment. He adm itted to calling his cousin , claimed that it was approximately night he found it, but made no other calls that evening. 11 :20-11 :30pm when he found the phone. stated that he went to bed shortly after that so he could get up for work the next day. stated that he got up around 6:00am so he could catch the bus at 6:50am. He admitted to placing a few more calls with the cell phone this morning. He reported for work at 8:00am and stayed denied having any involvement in the robbery and claimed that he did not know until 1:OOpm. anything about it. We asked for consent to search his apartment and any area with in his span of signed the "Consent to Search" form, witnessed by lnv. Lewis control, which he agreed to. and myself. We then went to the defendant's residence and searched the apartment. On scene in the apartment were three adults and one child . The adults were and and are brothers ; is the girlfriend of . The apartment had four bedrooms; indicated to me which room he slept in last night; this is the to search his room. While I was room that I searched first. lnv. Lewis obtained consent from searching th is room, I observed a black Sony battery charger unit plugged into a wall socket in this room . A Sony rechargeable battery appeared to be charging in the cradle. As I searched further, I noticed a blue and white baseball hat sitting on top of a dresser. Underneath this hat was a black knit ski mask that was folded up to fit underneath the ball cap. Inside the hat was a Sony Cyber Shot digital Reporting Officer Investigator ROBERT GRASSO 667 (35159) Department Tallahassee Police Department Secondary Officer Name 0 Report Status: Approved 0 0 Date/Time CX> Verifying Officer Sergeant DARRELL FURUSETH 237 (31563) Department Tallahassee Police Department Date/Time 05/1612008 16:04 0 4 of 6 Tallahassee Police Department Date of Report 05/07/2008 14:47 Case# 00-08-01 3406 Incident Report OTHER INFORMATION/NARRATIVE SUMMARY: On 04/23/08, the Tallahassee Police Department received a 911 telephone call from victim and . The victims reported that a black male wearing a black mask and black and demanded her purse. In fear clothing and armed with a hand gun had approached victim gave the suspect her purse. for her life Following up on leads and utilizing available Tallahassee Police Department resources, contact was was detained and a pat down made with after he boarded a Star Metro Bus. a cell phone was felt in his pocket. lnv. was conducted. In the process of patting down Grasso asked if he could go into his pocket and retrieve the cellphone . allowed lnv. Grasso into his pockets The cellphone was recovered. No weapons or illegal items were found on . Further investigation revealed that the cellphone found on was stolen from victim Sterling in this robbery. s was asked if he would mind speaking with investigators about a agreed to speak with investigators at the robbery at the Tallahassee Police Department. Tallahassee Police Department. In a post Miranda video taped interview said that the cellphone recovered off of him; he found at his apartment complex. explained that he was returning from a friends home and as he was walking on the sidewalk in front of his building he stepped on the phone causing the crack on the front. said he picked up the phone and saw that it was powered up. He said he called his and spoke to her. He said he placed the telephone call some time after cousin 11 p but before midnight. I called and inquired about this telephone call. I spoke to a woman sometime before midnight who identified herself as said she in fact spoke to told her that a friend had given him the cellphone. said he this date. She said that went to sleep and when he woke up he sent a text message to a friend. At work he said he used the to check the phone and see if it was still working. te lephone to call a co-worker He said he He said he made his final call on the cellphone to his mother did not speak to his mother and left a message. said that he was go to turn the cellphone into why the managers office, but could not because it was closed when he went to work. I asked he used the cellphone if he was going to turn it in. He could not answer. never asked whose phone he had and never said that he checked the directory to identify or call the owner. He said he did check the pictures and saw photos of a white female and a white male with a white dog .. could not understand that being in possession and using someone else's property is theft. I asked what his height was. He said he was 5'07" and weighed 1671bs. This closely matches the suspects height and weight. Furthermore, the report indicated that the cellphone was in the victims purse when her purse was stolen in the robbery. Due to this fact was asked if we could search his bedroom at was told that he was under arrest for the theft of the victims cellular telephone. After being advised of his arrest consented to the Tallahassee, FL. signed the consent search of his room in apartment was walked into the apartment. form and was transported to this location by Ofc. Glunt. Present in the apartment was and sat in a chair in the living room and identified the room he rents form the resident Cross reference lnv. Grasso's report for additional items found in the room that occupies . This and obtained consent to search his bedroom for investigator made contact with Reporting Officer Investigator Mark Lewis Department Tallahassee Police Department (51555) Secondary Officer Name Verifyin g Officer Sergeant GARY BUSSELL 288 0 Report Status: Approved 0 0 Date/Time (11501) Department Tallahassee Police Depanment co Date I Time 05/15/2008 11 :07 0 (A) -1>0 3 of 4 0)