Ft. Lauderdale woman arrested for prowling after allegedly being caught with stack of mail in Kirkwood

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jerrica Michelle Conley, 34, was arrested yesterday and charged with loitering/prowling after a resident of the Kirkwood neighborhood reported that she was entering yards in the neighborhood.

A Gainesville Police Department officer responded to the 1100 block of SW 19th Place after a witness called to report that a white woman was walking through the neighborhood with a black man; the witness provided descriptions of both suspects, along with descriptions of their clothing. The witness reported that the woman was going into people’s yards; he said he lived in the neighborhood and did not recognize the pair.

The officer made contact with Conley, who matched the description of the woman. He reported that she was standing in front of a home, opening a stack of mail. During a consensual conversation, she reportedly said she was from Massachusetts and was staying in a nearby hotel and just walking through the neighborhood. She reportedly denied that she had been walking with anyone else.

When the officer asked whether he could see the mail in her hands, she reportedly folded it and put it in her purse. The officer reported that she had a two-way radio and that she began rapidly pushing the “Push to talk” button “as to alert whoever had the other radio.” She did not provide any identification cards to the officer but reportedly gave her name and date of birth; the officer was advised by a dispatcher that Conley has a Florida ID card with the address listed as “General Delivery” in Ft. Lauderdale.

The witness reportedly showed the officer video of the pair he had seen in the neighborhood, so the officer became suspicious about the woman’s refusal to admit that she was with another person, her refusal to show him the mail, and her repeated activation of the button on the two-way radio.

Post Miranda, Conley reportedly said she did not understand her rights and was uncooperative.

When the officer explained that she would be detained until he completed his investigation, including determining who owned the mail, she reportedly threw the mail on the ground. The mail reportedly belonged to two people at the house where she was standing when the officer made contact with her. The officer contacted one of the owners of the mail, who reportedly said they did not know Conley.

Conley has no criminal history. Judge Susan Miller-Jones set bail at $1,000.

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  • More than likely Jerrica Conley is an alias. Stealing mail, two communication. She has done this before. She can shake that meth though.

  • Enjoy your time with the brotha, you’ll be pimped out to nothing and it looks like your 95% there. God DON’T like thiefs.

    • Good call! The postmaster needs to be notified and federal charges placed. Will that happen? No.

      They need to call ICE and evict illegal aliens too!

    • True that, RJ. This case should have been deferred to Federal Court. Instead, it wasn’t the Judge’s mail that was being slipped out from underneath her nose so Ms. Conley is out on a thousand-dollar bail.

  • Stealing mail from the mailboxes in Kirkwood? Really???
    With a two way walkie?
    So, you and your crackhead homeless accomplice were looking for credit and debit cards because you both refuse to work.
    Now, you in our county jail, you’ll probably get introduced to Grace Market Place, and we working folks will have to pay for you to live here, rent free, whilst being pimped out.
    You will lose your teeth, if you have any, and your endless commodity betwixt your legs will probably be your only source of income……
    “Welcome to Gainesville Florida” 🤣

  • Gosh, I wonder what welcoming NGOs brought them from Ft. Lauderdale and “Massachusetts” to our fair community? And which nearby taxpayer funded “hotel” they were staying at?
    Time to purge the local judiciary, folks. They’re behind our local pols “welcoming” policies the last 15-20 years 💩🤡👹🍦🍦🍦🍦ACLU

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