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Dozens More Charges Filed Against Burglary Trio
April 12, 2013
A trio arrested in early March in Escambia County in connection with 37 burglaries is now jailed in Santa Rosa County on dozens of additional charges.
Charles Dylan Williams, age 19 of Walnut Hill, Richard Kevin Craig, age 21 of Bratt and Kevin Randall Bell, age 26 of Pensacola, were arrested on 52 outstanding warrants in Santa Rosa County. Each was each charged with multiple counts of burglary and larceny. Williams and Craig were also charged with fraudulent use of a credit card.
The Santa Rosa County cases center around vehicle burglaries that begin January 28 in the Woodbine Springs and Autumn Run North subdivisions in Pace. Victims advised their cars were ransacked and items were stolen.
“Investigators were able to put the pieces of the puzzle together which lead them not only to the arrest of the three suspects, but also the recovery of the stolen items,” Deputy Rich Aloy, spokesman for the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, said recently.
The trio was transferred to Santa Rosa County after facing charges in Escambia County.
In Escambia County, a rash of burglaries were reported January 25 from Beulah to Cantonment, including the theft of credit cards and a set of car keys. The suspects later returned to attempt to steal the vehicle. Deputies said they abandoned the vehicle when spotted, but a witness was able to give a good description of the trio.
Evidence against the men include surveillance video of the suspects and the vehicle as they used stolen credit cards at a Red Box video machine. Based on this information, investigators were able to locate the vehicle at a home in the 9000 block of Bridlewood Road.
During a search of the vehicle and home, the suspects confessed to multiple burglaries, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said. According to the suspects they had been using the stolen credit cards for gas, fast food and “Magic” gaming cards at Walmart.
As of early Friday morning all three men remained in the Santa Rosa County County Jail. Bond was set at $212,000 for Craig, $196,000 for Bell and $213,000 for Williams.
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5 Responses to “Dozens More Charges Filed Against Burglary Trio”
Jeanette Foster…. you are incorrect on multiple items. The article is correct per information released by the Sheriff’s Offices in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
1. Evidence/accusations against them have been released by both departments and are detailed in the story.
2. ” It also says as of Friday they are being held in Escambia County which is not correct.” — No, it clearly says “As of early Friday morning all three men remained in the Santa Rosa County County Jail. Bond was set….”
3. “But once again, there has been no evidence released, confessions or otherwise” — again — details of some of the accusations against them are detailed in the story have been released by two law enforcement agencies.
This article has some information that is incorrect. The evidence has not even been disclosed as of yet on any of the three. It also says as of Friday they are being held in Escambia County which is not correct. They are being held in Santa Rosa, also the bonds that are bein shown are for Santa Rosa. But once again, there has been no evidence released, confessions or otherwise, that is handled between attorneys and prosecutors by disclosure.
CONSIDERING:
” If you’re going to try to trash someone, at least have an idea of what you’re talking about.”
bewildered had an idea, knowing judge Bergosh has shown extreme leniency on occasion.
If I were guilty of a crime, I would want him.
I might even want him if I were charged but innocent.
Not knowing how judges decide their cases is a legitimate question and one which legislators have addressed in the past. They set guidelines for sentencing and required judges to explain why — in writing — whenever they went outside of those guidelines.
The Supreme Court once ruled against the death penalty because it seemed capricious. People with what looked like very similar crimes getting the death penalty in one case and little punishment in some other case.
The states responded by requiring the death penalty in all cases involving certain actions. The Supreme Court then threw out those laws, claiming they didn’t allow judges any discretion. (The truth is they wanted to end the death penalty but weren’t honest enough to simply say so.)
David for honest, trustworthy citizens
Criminal cases are automatically/randomly assigned to a division, their lawyers can’t “request that their case be heard by Judge Bergosh”. If you’re going to try to trash someone, at least have an idea of what you’re talking about.
If their lawyer requests that their case will be heard by Judge Bergosh, they will be set free and given several more chances to turn their lives around. Free college classes, criminal records wiped clean, etc. etc.
Sarcasm aside – how does our judicial system decide who should be punished and who should go free when identical crimes are committed?