Home Burglary Response Essay

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On June 9, 2015, officers responded to a home burglary. The victims stated they had returned home after vacation to find their house had been broken into while they were gone. Officers discovered entry into the house was made through a kitchen window. After making entry the residence was ransacked and several items including several guns were removed without permission of the victim. Later the victim contacted the detective assigned to the case; she stated pictures had been downloaded to their goggle account from their stolen lap top computer. The picture was of three subjects, a female and two male, in various poses, including one of the subjects holding a camera which appeared to be the victims. The victim recognized the background …show more content…

When officers arrived Charles Johnson’s mother stated they had been arguing over two safes that she had discovered in Mr. Johnson’s room. Inside the safes the officers located personal items belonging to the victims. Mr. Johnson had left the residence before the officers had arrived; so he was not available at that time for questioning. The safes and the personal items were taken into custody for evidence and recovery. On July 18, 2015, detectives went to the home features in the photos provided by the victim. They made contact with the female subject in the photograph. She claimed Steven Wahl, Kawika Gedge, and Damarrio Brown had come over to her house and bragged about committing a burglary with Mr. Johnson. After talking to the female subject, the detectives reviewed Mr. Wahl’s Facebook page and discovered pictures of the victims’ personal items were posted by Mr. Wahl. Detectives attempted to located Mr. Wahl, Mr. Gedge, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Johnson; they were unable to locate any of the subjects at that …show more content…

Gedge at his residence. After being shown one of the pictures downloaded from the victims’ internet account. He confessed to his involvement to committing the Burglary with Mr. Johnson and Mr. Wahl. Mr. Gedge knew the victims when he was younger and his Facebook friends with their daughter. When he saw that the family was on vacation; he, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Wahl agreed to burglarize the victims’ residence. Mr. Gedge claimed he took clothing, some jewelry, and a video console. The detectives asked about the missing guns; Mr. Gedge stated Mr. Wahl took the guns. Mr. Gedge also admitted he and Damarrio Brown had pawned the PS4 and the watch at Metro Pawn. The detectives asked if Mr. Brown was involved in the burglary. Mr. Gedge stated “no but he knew the watch and PS4 were taken in the burglary when he pawned it for me.” The detectives went next to Mr. Johnson’s residence. Mr. Johnson stated he was not surprised to see the officers after the other officers retrieved the safes from his room. He then admitted to committing the burglary. His version of the events on the day of the burglary match what Mr. Gedge had already stated. The detectives conducted a pawn check on Damarrio Brown. They discovered Mr. Brown had twice pawned property which had been taken from the victims’

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