32-year-old man killed by falling window while breaking into a home in Lehigh Acres

LEHIGH ACRES, FLORIDA: According to the recently released reports, a falling window killed a man during the attempted burglary of a home in Lehigh Acres Saturday.

Records say 32-year-old Jonathan Hernandez attempted to break into a home. As per the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Hernandez was climbing through a window, and the window hammered down on him. The report says the window fall on Hernandez’s neck and killed him.

Lt. Russell Park said, “While Hernandez was trying to work his way through the window, it unexpectedly closed on top of him, pinning him and keeping him suspended in air”. According to Park, Hernandez was “no stranger to law enforcement.” Hernandez pleaded guilty to grand theft, a third-degree crime in 2018.

The 32-year-old died before the deputies arrived at the scene.

“He is not a burglar,” said Tyrone Lane, who said he and Hernandez were friends. “He’s not a thief. He’s not a bad guy. That’s not what he is.”

The investigation is ongoing. No more information has been released.

34-year-old Orlando man found guilty of grand theft of $20,000 or more

ORLANDO, FLORIDA: According to the Florida Attorney General’s office, a man was found guilty of stealing from at least 50 Floridians in a timeshare resale scam. The reports say most of the victims were elderly.

34-year-old Brandon Welsh, from Orlando, owes $87,000 in restitution to his victims all over the state. Welsh is the owner of Premier Rental Solutions and Paramount Property Professionals.

A spokeswoman for the Florida Attorney General, Kylie Mason said, Welsh deluded timeshare proprietors about the possibilities of their properties on the resale market and vowed to help sell their timeshares rapidly in return for a marketing charge and a signed contract. Mason stated, Welsh misrepresented the degree of his timeshare marketing efforts to customers and guaranteed free refunds to customers that he didn’t deliver on.

Deputies said Welsh was found guilty of grand theft of $20,000 or more on Wednesday. Detectives Hillary Gueldner and Michael Stevens investigated the case for a year along with the Orlando Police Department.

An inquiry of state business records found a couple of organizations with varieties of the name “Paramount Property Professionals,” none of which are enrolled to Welsh.

Records show five organizations are recorded as enrolled to Welsh, including BW Resorts LLC, Premier Rental Solutions LLC, and Premier Solar Energy LLC, which are all idle aside from Premier Solar Energy.

As per the reports, Welsh was sentenced to 11 months in jail. He serving his sentence at the Orange County Jail.

47-year-old burglar microwaved victim’s leftovers while breaking into in Marion County

Christopher Pennington, 47, went on a crime spree that involved him breaking into three homes and stealing two vehicles in Marion County. Records show he was caught yelling in someone’s yard.

Jeremy Tapia, says his mother woke up early Wednesday morning to their fridge beeping. She thought he left it open so she closed it and went back to bed. Tapia said, “Ten minutes later she hears the microwave running”. Describing the incident Tapia added, “as soon as she sees him, she screams.” Pennington was heating their leftover rice in the microwave.

According to the reports, Pennington took off with Tapia’s father’s truck after his mother found him in their kitchen. The family still cannot believe what happened early in the morning. “No normal robber would just cook food in the middle of robbing someone’s house,” Tapia said.

Authorities said Pennington robbed another two Summerfield homes and stole another truck on that same night. Dennis Adkins’, 73, was sleeping when he heard some noise and woke up to find Pennington rummaging through his closet. “I said I don’t know who you are, what you want, or what you’re looking for but you’re in the wrong place,” Adkins said. “I would have walked, but I don’t breathe so well, so yeah he put me in a predicament,” said Adkins. “The guy needs some help. He needs to be punished for what he’s done.”

Records show Pennington is now facing several charges for these activities. He was caught yelling in someone’s yard.

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50-year-old Pinellas man arrested for slaughtering Palmetto horse

As per the recently released police reports, a Pinellas County man has been arrested for stealing and slaughtering a Palmetto family’s horse. Records show the investigation went on for 10 months.

The 50-year-old man Eladio Garcia Gasca, was arrested at his home in north St. Petersburg Thursday on charges of grand theft and animal cruelty.

Randy Warren with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said, “The surveillance video here was a major part in us being able to figure out who our person of interest was and eventually our suspect.”

“We know that the horse was harvested for its meat and it was pretty obvious how it was just carved up there and left there. You could see that he was interested in taking portions of the meat and left other pieces behind. It was just gruesome,” said Warren. “We have more to piece together here. We do not know if this is connected to any other thefts or slaughters of horses in the area,” he added. “The lady that owned the horse over on buckeye road was unbelievably devastated. I could probably hear her screaming from here,” he said.

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‘This week’s dumbest criminals’ , said Marion County Sheriff’s Office

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said that Robert Hobby, 41, and Marcus Reeves, 23, who deputies described as “this week’s dumbest criminals,” have been arrested on 14 charges combined, all in relation to Grand Theft and Burglaries.

According to the reports, the two suspects, Hobby and Reeves, went on a burglary spree, breaking into convenience stores, stealing cigarettes and lottery tickets.

“Now being a thief already makes you dumb, but that isn’t why they are this week’s ‘Dumbest Criminals,'” via Facebook post of the Sheriff”s Office about the crimes.

Authorities said that the two were smoking cigarettes inside the stores while cameras were watching. Moreover, they left behind a shoe, tools, and one of them even left his wallet with his driver’s license.

In the investigation, the two suspects confessed their crime when the Marion County Sheriff’s Office reportedly knocked on his door.

Deputies have arrested both men.

Marion County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook post:

THIS WEEK’S “DUMBEST CRIMINALS”

Meet 41-year-old Robert Hobby and 23-year-old Marcus Reeves, they have been arrested for a total of 14 charges combined, all in reference to Grand Theft and Burglaries.

Now being a thief already makes you dumb, but that isn’t why they are this week’s “Dumbest Criminals.” You see these two went on a burglary spree inside the city limits of Ocala and out here in the county. They were breaking into convenience stores, stealing cigarettes and lottery tickets, BUT while doing this, they were smoking cigarettes inside the stores while the cameras were watching. But that still isn’t the best part, because we didn’t need the cameras to identify them…you see when they left the stores, they left their shoe, their tools and Marcus left his wallet with his Driver’s License.

So we went to his house and knocked on the door…he confessed…both were arrested and are now in the Gold Star Hotel.

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