Fence Jumping Burglary Suspect Nabbed In Tamarac
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FT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) - Caught on camera, a fencing jumping burglar in Tamarac who stole thousands of dollars in jewelry, collectibles and more.
His latest job was his last, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.
On Monday, March 30th, when Carmen Velez, 47, returned to her home in the Woodmont development in Tamarac after having been out all day she found her living room window smashed and her bedroom ransacked. Missing were thousands of dollars in jewelry and collectibles.
The burglary of Velez's home was one of about a dozen in Woodmont in the month of March. During their canvass of Velez's neighbor they caught a break. Two of her neighbors had security cameras which captured the burglar jumping over Velez's back fence.
"It shows the suspect casing the location," said BSO Sgt. Rich Rossman. "He's walking along the fence line, he's looking for people watching out for him. Unfortunately for him, technology caught him, the eye in the sky."
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Detectives identified the person on the security video as 21-year old Javon Hall, no stranger to the law. Hall was taken into custody. When detectives search his apartment they found a large amount of stolen property including hundreds of pieces of jewelry, passports, credit cards, cell phones, small electronics, two handgun magazines, a bag of ammunition and a safe. They also found the shirt he was wearing in the video.
"This is one of the key pieces of evidence that actually links him to the crime," said Rossman.
Hall was on felony probation for previous burglary charges when he was arrested.
The sheriff's office and the Coral Springs police are now looking into Hall's possible connection to a number of other burglaries in their jurisdictions. Additional charges are pending.
Investigators said even though the jewelry stolen was not worth millions of dollars, it was valuable to the victims.
"It may be costume and it may be real, but the bottom line, it's a person's property, it's valuable to that person," said Rossman.
