Tallahassee man arrested for trying to steal Publix employees’ vehicles and break into ATMs
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Trevor Kerone McAdam, 37, of Tallahassee, was arrested last night for allegedly trying to steal a motorcycle and moped belonging to Publix employees and trying to break into two ATM machines.
At about 10:43 p.m. on July 18, Gainesville Police Department officers responded to Publix (1302 N. Main Street), where the store manager said a man had been captured on surveillance video while trying to steal two employees’ vehicles and trying to open the panels of two ATM machines. The manager said he confronted the man, and the man fled on foot.
Officers found a man who matched the description provided by the manager, and when asked what he was doing in the area, the man reportedly said he was trying to get into the ATM and did not have a bank card. He then allegedly tried to walk away and was detained in handcuffs.
An officer viewed the store’s security video and reported seeing the same man trying to access two locked vehicles and trying to open the panels of two separate ATM machines before he was confronted by the store manager.
McAdam allegedly provided a false name and an incorrect Social Security number to officers, but he was identified at the jail by his fingerprints.
McAdam, whose address is listed as Tallahassee, has been charged with two counts of burglary of an occupied structure, two counts of burglary of an unoccupied vehicle, and providing false identification information to a law enforcement officer. His full criminal history is currently unavailable, but he has two felony convictions (including burglary and property damage) and six misdemeanor convictions in Leon County. Judge Phillip Pena set bail at $52,000.
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Those concerned with food deserts better take notice—that food desert will get much drier if that Publix closes, and there won’t be a thing the commissions can do if that happens. Real companies exist on profits, whereas not-for-profits exist on government handouts (which by the way, are funded by those of us who do pay taxes).
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That Publix has always been in a bad area, In 88 when the old Publix was still there, I literally seen a customer get their purse snatched inside the store. So you can image how much more the area has improved over the years. That whole shopping center now is in a no go zone for normal people. I know the east/west/north/south dividing lines are at Main/University but realistically the east keeps moving farther west. I know Springs County wants their eastern boundary at 34th St for tax purposes. But that’s not even safe any more I would say to be totally in the green zone you have to be at least west of 122nd St. Although I’ve seen the occasionally drunk hobo at the McDonalds/Walgreens at 143rd St. So I am not 100% sure about any location in the blue county anymore. My predictions are in a few more years the safe green zone will be outside of Alachua County on any of the red counties you know the ones that have zero drug tolerance on their county sign instead of when culture meets nature.