On Tuesday, December 11, while conducting surveillance, a Boca Raton Police Tac Team officer noticed a black Nissan Sentra driving slowing on Technology Way. The car appeared to match the description of one suspected in two previous auto burglaries at LA Fitness.
Police said the driver dropped off his female passenger and left the area heading west on Yamato Road. Because the window tint appeared darker than allowed by law, officers attempted to stop the vehicle. The driver refused to pull over. As the car entered the 95 onramp, another officer deployed stop sticks and the car stopped just before running over the deflation device.
As officers approached the car they smelled a strong odor of marijuana, said police. When the suspect, identified by police as Daquan Johnson, 19, of Fort Lauderdale, got out of the vehicle, he told officers he had “weed” in the vehicle. While searching the car, officers found 3.1 grams of marijuana in the center console.
Also found, police said, was a Tom-Tom GPS with charger, three iPhones, a Samsung Sprint phone, a Motorola T-Mobile phone, a flashlight, two children’s books, a Winchester multi-tool and multiple pairs of sunglasses. In the trunk, officers found two USB cables, an AC power adaptor, a purse, a pair of Nike shoes, a Victoria’s Secret rewards card and a brown wallet.
The victim of an LA Fitness auto burglary Dec. 1 was contacted and positively identified the purse as hers. Through an analysis of the iPhones, a phone number was obtained and the probable owner was contacted. That person confirmed it was her iPhone and that it was stolen from her in North Lauderdale.
Police said Johnson was charged with possession of burglary tools, burglary to a conveyance, grand theft, theft of credit cards and unauthorized possession and fraudulent use of a credit card.