18-year-old on pre-trial release arrested for car burglary

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Devion Detron White, 18, was arrested on July 11 for allegedly burglarizing a car in Eastwood Meadows. At the time of the alleged crime, he was on pre-trial release for an alleged car burglary in February and on electronic monitoring for a juvenile offense.

The victim told an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy that he found his car burglarized on July 5, with two credit cards and two gold rings, valued at about $1,000, missing. The victim’s car is reportedly equipped with interior anti-theft cameras that captured video of the suspect, along with a time stamp for the burglary. The images were run through law enforcement databases, and White was identified as the suspect.

The deputy reported that White’s GPS monitor showed that he was in Eastwood Meadows at the time of the burglary; White reportedly lives in Verdant Cove.

The deputy arrested White at his home; the owner of the residence reportedly gave the deputy consent to search White’s room, and the deputy reportedly found three gold rings. White’s guardian reportedly said the rings did not belong to White.

Post Miranda, White reportedly denied committing the burglary. The deputy reported that after White was confronted with “the overwhelming evidence,” he “gave partial truths,” identifying himself on the video but saying he only stole one ring. When the deputy showed him the three rings found in his room, White reportedly said those were not the rings he stole from the victim in Eastwood Meadows and he did not remember where he got them; he said he lost the ring he stole in Eastwood Meadows. White reportedly confessed to a second (unreported) car burglary in which he stole $20 in cash. White reportedly said he was under the influence at the time of that burglary.

White was arrested on February 9 for a different car burglary, in which he allegedly stole a cigar from a vehicle but said he threw it away because it was an “old man cigar.” He said he knew the victim kept cigars in his vehicle and that he knocked on the victim’s door to ask permission to take the cigar, but the victim didn’t answer the door. The victim wanted to pursue criminal charges.

White was released on his own recognizance in that case with a requirement to submit 20 job applications every week until he was employed. Court Services reported that he failed to do this at least three times, and on April 18, he was booked into the Juvenile Detention Center for violation of probation. He has now reportedly been employed at a fast food restaurant for four months.

Judge Kristine Van Vorst set bail at $30,000 on the new charges. Yesterday, Judge William Davis denied a motion by White’s Public Defender to reduce that bond, and Judge Davis also revoked White’s bond in the February case and ordered him held without bail.

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