Jail inmates charged with fraudulently withdrawing money from another inmate’s commissary account

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Darius Jevon Gilmore, 38, and Derrick Dewayne Taylor, 46, both inmates at the Alachua County Jail, have each been charged with 10 felonies after allegedly using the personal identification information of another inmate to get a check issued from that inmate’s commissary account for $1,500; the pair allegedly recruited two different women to pick up the check and split the proceeds with the woman who picked it up.

On July 18, Gilmore and Taylor allegedly obtained a personal identification number for another inmate after they learned he had a large amount of money in his commissary account. Recorded phone calls from the jail were reportedly made, with both inmates (who were in the same housing unit) on the call, to a Lawtey resident, telling her they had fraudulently created an official Department of the Jail money release form, instructing the jail to issue a check for $800 to the woman.

The next day, the woman arrived at the jail and asked for the check, but she was told that the wrong form had been used; her visit was reportedly captured on video. When Gilmore called her later, she reportedly told him he had used the wrong form, and he said he would redo it on the correct form so she could come back the next day. However, that woman was arrested later that evening in Bradford County on unrelated charges. An Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy interviewed her on July 29, and post Miranda, she reportedly admitted to her involvement in the case and said she knew the money had been fraudulently obtained. Charges against her have not yet been filed in the Alachua County court system.

On July 20, Gilmore and Taylor allegedly called a second woman and asked her whether she was willing to pick up the check, knowing it was not their money; she reportedly said she was aware and didn’t care as long as she got some of the money. The two jail inmates reportedly completed the correct form, instructing the jail to give the second woman a check for $1,500. The woman reportedly picked it up on July 22 and then cashed the check, put part of it in the inmates’ accounts, and kept part of it for herself. In a post Miranda interview on July 31, the woman reportedly admitted to her involvement in the case and knew that the money had been fraudulently obtained. Charges against her have not yet been filed in the court system.

Both Gilmore and Taylor have been charged with two counts of criminal use of personal identification information, two counts of forgery, two counts of criminal solicitation, two counts of criminal conspiracy, one count of grand theft, and one count of attempted grand theft. Judge Kristine Van Vorst set bail for Gilmore at $315,000 and for Taylor at $430,000.

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