- Hello everyone, I'm Sheriff Wayne Ivey
at the Brevard County Sheriff's office
and this is Brevard County Justice.
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So welcome back to another episode
of Brevard County Justice,
where our citizens partner with us everyday
to help keep our community safe.
You know how this works.
We show you a case our agents need help solving.
You tell us who the dirt bag is that committed the crime
and we go snatch them out of their house
and take them to jail.
I love it.
It's a great partnership between our agency and community
and we get to put bad people in jail.
All right, before we show you tonight's first case,
let's quickly remind everyone that there are all sorts
of scams out there that are trying to steal your money.
Regardless of if it's a scam where they tell you
that they need you to pay for a service with Google Play
or iTunes gift cards,
or the one where the caller tells you
that they work for the Sheriff's Office
and you need to go get green dot credit cards
to pay your fine to avoid being arrested.
They're all scams.
To be honest,
they're all a bunch of disgusting con artists trying
to steal from good honest people
and nothing would give me more pleasure
then walking their sorry butts right into our jail.
In fact, let me assure you that if they call you
and tell you to pay them money to avoid arrest,
you can feel confident in either hanging up the phone
on them or simply tell them you're all packed
and ready to go.
So just come on down and arrest me whenever you'd like.
I promise you they won't be coming to knock on your door
because they're nothing but a bunch of cowards sitting
on the other end of the telephone targeting citizens
and especially our seniors.
Here's a simple rule to always keep in mind.
If you receive a telephone call, an email,
a social media message text, or even a knock
on your door from someone asking for money, it's a scam.
And all you have to do in order
to avoid being a scammer's next victim is hang
up the phone or disconnect from the conversation.
Okay, our first case tonight.
Let's head over to our West Precinct
where agent Sean Hanigan is asking
for our help in solving a burglary to an automobile
and credit card fraud case that occurred on January 13th
when a car was broken into at the Duran Golf Course
on Stadium Parkway, between the hours of 1:45
and 2:40 in the afternoon.
Stolen from inside the vehicle was the victim's wallet
that contained all of his credit cards
and personal information.
Within just a few minutes, following the burglary,
in fact, at 2:45 PM,
the suspect you see
on our Brevard County Justice wanted screen
used the victim's bank card at the GameStop store located
at 8530 North Wickham Rd in Melbourne.
The thief used the card to purchase a PlayStation 4,
Lego Marvel game and a Marvel Avenue game.
Now I realize the woman had worn a let's take advantage
of COVID-19 thief mask,
but if you know who she is please contact us by going
to Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS,
send us a personal message on our Facebook page.
Send us a tip on our smartphone app
or just call agent Hanigan at 321-617-7306.
Alright, let's head over
to our East Precinct we're agent Taylor Porter
of our general crimes unit is asking
for our help in solving a theft case that occurred
on December 6th of last year at the Walmart Merritt Island.
The crime occurred around 4:30 in the afternoon
and as we take a look
at our Brevard County Justice wanted screen,
you can see the suspect in this case
in action as they steal our victim stuff.
According to the report,
the victim parked in the parking lot of the Walmart
and went inside returning approximately 30 minutes later
to discover that his six foot Pelican surfboard
and two backpacks had been stolen.
The backpacks contained a number
of items including a military range uniform,
military PT uniform, a soft shell jacket,
a Surefire flashlight, earbuds, and miscellaneous documents.
If you know who this brazen thief is,
please contact agent Porter
at 321-454-6640
or you can go to crime line at 1800-432-TIPS,
use our smartphone app to send us a tip
or just send us a personal message right here
on our Facebook page.
Either way, once we get the information,
we'll get it to agent Porter who will then
give the suspect a ride
to the beautiful Brevard County Jail
where he can't steal anyone else's stuff.
Okay, let's close out tonight's show with a quick check in
with the fugitive unit who I had a chance to ride
with this past week,
and man, did we have a blast jumping out on bad people
and dragging them to jail.
The Fugitive Unit
or the Wolves as we call them is always knocking
on someone's door.
So let's give a quick rundown of some
of their most recent work.
On January 5th,
the team snatched Wheel Of Fugitive suspect,
Harry Edward Brock off the streets of Melbourne
for his active felony warrant referenced violation
of probation for possession of meth and MDMA.
Brock had no bond and actually admitted
to knowing he was on the wheel,
but he didn't want to turn himself in.
I'm surprised no one wants to turn themselves in
at the Brevard County Jail
because the accommodations there are actually quite nice.
I mean, after all, we take great pride
in serving the worst food in the Nation
and having beautiful rooms with no view.
Oh, well maybe the next time.
On January 12th the Wolves also grabbed Kimberly Robinson,
a featured target on the Wheel Of Fugitives
in the Melbourne area.
She had two active warrants for failure to appear
for possession of meth, possession of heroin
and resisting without violence.
She also had an active warrant out of Orange County
for petty theft and resisting.
So here we are cleaning up Orange County fugitives as well.
Robinson had no bond
and went straight to jail where she belongs.
Okay, let me run down a few more as there are so many,
I don't have enough time in tonight show.
January 4th, Neil Jenkins arrested in Cape Canaveral
for felony battery with a bond of $15,000.'
January 5th, Octavius Lamont Gilmore,
in Cocoa Beach Area for two counts of aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon.
He had a $10,000 bond,
which honestly seems a little weak to me,
but hey, what do I know?
January 5th, Edison Antonio in the Palm Bay area
on two active warrants for felony battery
and failure to appear.
Antonio had no bond, which seems much better
and safer for our community, but again, what I know,
we're only law enforcement officers.
Okay. I'm worn out from all of these arrests.
So let's close tonight show out
with a quick, thank you on behalf of our entire team
for all of our community's amazing support.'
Having you as our partners is the best gift
we could ever ask for.
Goodnight and remember, this is Brevard County,
where criminals get locked up because they're criminals
and victims and their rights come first.
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