BSO DEPUTIES PULL THE PLUG ON SCHOOL LAPTOP THIEVES
- BSO Case Number: DR09-05-04485 DR09-06-00353
- PIO Number: 09-6-2
- Date: May 22-26 & June 3
- Time: Various Jurisdiction: Deerfield Beach
- Place of Occurrence: Deerfield Park Elementary, 650 SW 3rd Ave., Deerfield Beach
Victim(s):
- Deerfield Park Elementary, 650 SW 3rd Ave., Deerfield Beach
Suspect(s):
- Moses Swinton Jr., 16, male, 12/15/92, 640 NW 13 St., Boca Raton
- Brandon Burroughs, 15, male, 9/24/93, 9873 Lawrence Road, Boynton Beach
- Timothy Lewis, 17, male, 12/19/91, 9873 Lawrence Road, Boynton Beach
- Pierre Thermitus, 22, male, 5/21/87, 1441 NW 3 St., Boynton Beach
Description of Incident:
Four Palm Beach County suspects are in custody after breaking into a Deerfield Beach elementary school for the second time to steal laptop computers.
The first incident occurred over the Memorial Day weekend. On Tuesday, May 26, a Deerfield Park Elementary maintenance worker returned to work after the long weekend to find that one of the classrooms had been burglarized. The thieves broke into the room, pried open a locked cabinet, and got away with nine Apple iBooks, valued at almost $2,000 each.
Fast forward one week. At around 3 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, the burglars decided to try their luck a second time at the same place. They showed up at the school, once again broke into a classroom and stuffed 31 iBooks into bags. As they stood in the parking lot of the school loading a van with the merchandise BSO deputies responding to a silent alarm pulled up and startled the group. The men led deputies on a foot chase, but were quickly apprehended.
During the first burglary, the alarm system was not activated because it needed repairs. The thieves didn’t know it had been fixed and was working by their second visit.
The suspects admitted to being involved in both burglaries and face several charges including grand theft, burglary, obstruction without violence and possession of burglary tools.
- INVESTIGATORS: Det. Brown & Sgt. Brown, Deerfield Beach C.I.; Deerfield Beach
- THIS REPORT BY: Keyla Concepción/PIO 6/3/09 1525
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