Four arrested in Florida in $500,000 theft of coins
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CHARLOTTE COUNTY - Detectives of the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office arrested four Punta Gorda area teens involved in the burglary and theft of $520,000 in rare coins taken from a home on Bermont Road (C.R. 74) east of Punta Gorda on Feb. 12.
Detectives were notified by local pawnshops that several young adults were selling rare gold and platinum coins worth thousands of dollars. All four boys were identified, located, and taken in for questioning. The boys admitted to entering the home and stealing the valuable coins, which they were pawing at various pawnshops in Charlotte and Lee counties.
Arrested were 18-year-old Brandon Lee Jelliff and three juveniles.
The four teens assisted in the recovery of over $500,000 in stolen coins.
All four were charged with felony Burglary and Grand Theft. Jelliff was additionally charged with Dealing in Stolen Property. Jelliff remains in the Charlotte County Jail since he is now an adult with 10 arrests and 21 records. The three juvenile boys were transported to the Department of Juvenile Justice center in Ft. Myers.
Detectives were notified by local pawnshops that several young adults were selling rare gold and platinum coins worth thousands of dollars. All four boys were identified, located, and taken in for questioning. The boys admitted to entering the home and stealing the valuable coins, which they were pawing at various pawnshops in Charlotte and Lee counties.
Arrested were 18-year-old Brandon Lee Jelliff and three juveniles.
The four teens assisted in the recovery of over $500,000 in stolen coins.
All four were charged with felony Burglary and Grand Theft. Jelliff was additionally charged with Dealing in Stolen Property. Jelliff remains in the Charlotte County Jail since he is now an adult with 10 arrests and 21 records. The three juvenile boys were transported to the Department of Juvenile Justice center in Ft. Myers.
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Thanks for sharing this with us all.
Im surprised that they helped recover it.
I hope ol' Brandon has an open mind and is willing to explore new "experiences" as he spends the next few years as a guest of the state.
<< <i>I hope ol' Brandon has an open mind and is willing to explore new "experiences" as he spends the next few years as a guest of the state. >>
Some brothers don't find theirself until they are faced with War or Imprisonment at the captor's hands.
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Look at this one. Some kid scammed a LEO on the Internet. This is on going. A classic if they can keep the site up.
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Posted by SID297 (owner of site) to some "news outlets":
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Travis Hill. I am the owner of an automotive enthusiast’s webforum called SVTPerformance (www.svtperformance.com). Recently one of our members, Steve Prusak (“sprusak1”) a police officer from KY, was taken advantage of by an online scam artists. In his search for relief he sought help in a forum on our site that is dedicated to helping people with minor legal problems. Many of the posters in this forum are law enforcement officers (“LEOs”), and they attempt to help the other members as much as possible.
So when the victim posted his problem, along with what little information he had about the scammer, other LEOs were quick to help. In short order members had found the scammer’s name, address, telephone number, date of birth, driver’s license number, social security number, and pictures of him. Some members even drove by his house to take pictures of it and his car. It was also discovered that there is a warrant issued for his arrest (in his home state of NJ) and it appears a local police officer lives on the same street as him. The local police have been made aware of his activities as it appears that he has scammed others recently as well.
Other members also found the scammer’s MySpace page and sent him messages along with a link to the thread discussing his alleged crimes. The scammer then joined our site and posted what amounts to an admission of guilt. He eventually begged the person he scammed to call off the other members and ask them to stop posting his information. However, new information is still being discovered and updates are continuously being made.
Since then the link to this thread has spread to hundreds of other forums across the internet and it is quickly becoming an online phenomenon. People are basically tired of seeing online scam artists take advantage of others and this thread seems to give them a sense of justice being served. I am proud and honored to see the online community come together in a common pursuit of justice. In this situation the predator truly has become the prey.
I suggest you read through the thread for yourselves. It has been growing quite rapidly and is becoming longer by the minute. In less than four days this story has been viewed over 46,000 times as of 11:00am EST. If you have any questions I would be more than happy to answer them or provide any further information I can.
Link: http://www.svtperformance.com/forums...d.php?t=459242
Sincerely,
Travis Hill
Some brothers don't find theirself until they are faced with War or Imprisonment at the captor's hands. >>
What this young brother doesn't realise yet is that with his record, he has sentenced himself to a lifetime of miserable poverty and menial hard working jobs. He will continue to be a drain on society's hip pocket until the day he checks out of this motel.
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<< <i>I hope ol' Brandon has an open mind and is willing to explore new "experiences" as he spends the next few years as a guest of the state. >>
Some brothers don't find theirself until they are faced with War or Imprisonment at the captor's hands. >>
I guess that's their tough luck.
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<< <i>Gotta wonder on something like that if the kids were friends with the coin owners kids or something. Sad. >>
I wouldn't doubt it. My great uncle was burglarized by some neighborhood kids he showed his rock collection (including gold nuggets) to. It taught me the lesson to never let neighbors, coworkers, etc know that you collect anything of value.
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<< <i>The boys admitted to entering the home and stealing the valuable coins, which they were pawing at various pawnshops in Charlotte and Lee counties.
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I'll bet they learned how to paw coins from watching coinvault...