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Flomaton Man Convicted Of Davisville Burglary (With Crime Video)
September 4, 2012
A Flomaton man has been convicted of the June burglary at a Davisville convenience store, but he won’t be headed to jail for the crime.
Curtis Charles Black, 29, was charged with burglary, petit theft and criminal mischief property damage. He was sentenced to three years probation for burglary, and time served for petit theft and criminal mischief property damage. He will also be required to write a letter of apology for the crime.
The entire June 7 burglary at the Korner Kwik Stop (BP) on Highway 97 in Davisville was caught on video, and it was that video posted on NorthEscambia.com that first led deputies to Black as their suspect only a few hours after the crime.
An anonymous tipster saw the video and told deputies that they recognized Black from the video — and the Facebook page where a photo of the getaway vehicle was posted. Later, fingerprints recovered at the scene also fingered Black as the suspect.
The video shows Black busting out the window of the store about 9:20 p.m., just after the store closed at 9 p.m.
- To watch the survellience video, click here.
- For a photo gallery showing the burglary and the investigation, click here.
The video shows Black arriving in a light colored extended cab pickup truck with an emblem over the front windshield. He parks in front of the store and spends several minutes in the truck. Black then exits and takes a hammer to break out the window. He also tried unsuccessfully to break out the door glass. He then jumps through the broken window, rummages around behind the counter and tosses cigarettes and rolls of coins outside. Black also tries unsuccessfully to push buttons in order to open the cash register…all while leaving fingerprints behind.
While inside the store, he is seen using what appears to be towel in his hand in attempt not to leave fingerprints, but he often forgets to cover his hands.
At one point, a towel slips off his head showing most of his face on the video.
An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office crime scene technician recovered blood samples from broken glass and removed multiple fingerprints from the scene.
NorthEscambia.com and courtesy photos, click to enlarge.
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17 Responses to “Flomaton Man Convicted Of Davisville Burglary (With Crime Video)”
@mnon: He breaks into a store and steals property— if the owner sued what would he get beside a bill from his lawyer and the wasted time the owner would have to spend in court.
So how many more times will this criminal get a light (or joke) sentence? What happens when his crimes advance? He obviously has not learned anything from the 1st time he was arrested…….
I know this man! He is not a bad person at all. Everyone has made bad choices in their lifetime and this happened to be a bad choice.
Oh I completely agree with people having the right to be angry. I am not justifying what he did at all. He knows we don’t agree with what he did but I myself know that I couldn’t call myself a very good Christian if I had turned my back on a beaten down person and been able to look at myself in the mirror. I only know what I see and what I have seen since his release. I can’t say we will change him and I am not saying we are perfect. We are however showing him a life he is capable of giving his children. We are teaching him by example and praying for the strength to change his life for our nephews sakes. So please know I love ya Dee and you know me enough to know I don’t just let anyone around my family or in my house, related to my kids or not. I pray in time he can be a good member of society and never have people doubt his judgement again. I will give it my all to help him but ultimately its all his choice.
i know quite a few of u who have posted, some of you i dont. i dont know mr. black either, or what changes he is making. i do however know the owners of the store and what this did to them as people. not only did it cost them money, it threatened their peace of mind. i certainly hope that he knows it was upsetting to the community as a whole. some people seen it as, first store robbery and then home invasion. you know me, christiania, i am all about being nice to everyone, but this crime he is gonna have to do a lot of praying and asking for forgiveness. this was serious to a lot of people. especially to the men who owned the store. small town people like us, who worked for everything they got. and there is alot of people who feel he shouldve had to pay a higher price. i for one thank god nothing else happened. thank god there were no people injured or lives taken. people are going to express their anger, and as a grown man who made the decision to commit this crime he is gonna just have to sit back and take it all in. you cant be angry for the opinions he helped build. he can be a great guy, but all they see is his past and the choices he made that affected other people.
@Christiana,
I suppose we’ll see….
You’ll forgive me for being skeptical, but he has been down this road before.
He was convicted of grand theft in 2006. He got probation the then too, along with “anti-theft counseling”, whatever that is. It apparently didn’t work.
I apologize for my last post not making sense. I was on a tablet and it messed up. Curtis is currently living in my home. he came to me and my fiancee for help when he got out of jail. He begged us to deliver him from the drugs and to help him find God again. We have taken him under our wing and are helping him any way we can. I assure those of you who think he is a threat to society he is not. He is drug free and really doing well. I know he is sorry for what he did and I know he regrets ever breaking into that gas station. I also assure those of you that think he got a slap on the wrist he didn’t. He was and still is paying for his crimes. People can change if given the correct chance to. Curtis is lucky cause we are drug free and very stubborn people. I act as his Drill Seargent and keep him straight. The rest of it is his free will to change. I pray those of you that have convictions about who he is now find it in your hearts to forgive and see who he is now. I personally have faith he is going to achieve great things now that he has seen what being drug free is accomplishing in his life.
So, many people know me as a person that does not taken crap from anyone. So , what I am about to saw you can believe is truth. When Curtis got out of jail he risked so much to make sure he could change his life. Now does not GOD’s law state we all must forgive? Well I for one know he has changed. I have watched him daily , he has not done one drug since being in my home. I trust him with my lids and home. Point is he is paying for his crimes and those you whom say he is not need lives. Your not Jesus and have no right to pass judgement. I hope Curtis becomes more then the negativity that flow’s from all places. We are behind you Curtis and love ya dearly.
more proof that the justice system is broken. so much for making a criminal pay for their damages.
“mnon on September 4th, 2012 7:00 am
He can still be sued for damages by the owners of the store in civil court.”
I’m sure he is scared out of mind of that. Not to mention, if he is on probation then he has to pay probation fees for those three years. What you are suggesting is that the station owner hire an attorney to file a suit. There is no doubt they would win and Black would have a judgement against him for the cost, but you can’t force someone to pay a debt through a civil suit, so that business would end up paying a few thousand dollars for the civil suit at the risk of collecting nothing.
As far as the judgement goes, maybe the owner of the property knows Black and that has something to do with the minimal sentence. The other consideration is that with the B&E after the store closed, he wasn’t threatening some clerk during business hours, so that would imply that Black is not so much a threat to society, just property. Maybe his first offense also?
Wow, the courts don’t seem to take property crimes very seriously anymore. Who was the judge that handed down this slap on the wrist?
This is the exact reason crime is at the level it is today! There is no punishment for real crimes!!!!! But we have people that are fighting, writing a bad check, etc. do more than a year in jail! The sentencing should not be the decision of a judge! It should be straight by the book! No matter what the situation is or who you know! This case is just wrong!!!!!
This is a joke! Writing an apology letter is what we have children do in school, not adults who commit crimes.* I am sure an apology letter will really help pay for all the damage and teach this guy a lesson. * insert sarcasm
He can still be sued for damages by the owners of the store in civil court.
You’ve got to be kidding !! No restitution? No jail time? I guess the customers and owners will have to pick-up the tab for the thousands of dollars worth of damage that he did.
Probation doesn’t seem suitable for this. Who knows when he’ll do it again with peoples lives involved next time….the judicial system needs to give these repeat offenders more than just a slap on the wrist…….
Breaking/entering/burglery and all he gets is probation????