NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
November 30, 2009
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
OCSO DEPUTIES NABS MALL BURGLARY SUSPECT AT THE SCENE
Jarvis Jerel Hill
A Mary Esther man is in custody this morning
(Monday) after an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy found him crouching
near a dumpster outside Santa Rosa Mall with burglary tools, a baggy with
cocaine residue, and a dagger.
Deputies say someone
broke into the old Ruby Tuesday's building around one a.m. Saturday morning and
then entered the mall's common area, attempting to steal from a center kiosk
jewelry store. Alarms went off and the suspect fled. A deputy doing frequent
checks at the site overnight found the boarded up window open again around 2:10
a.m. Monday morning. He set up a perimeter and called for back-up. While waiting
for additional units the deputy heard a noise nearby and found 22-year old
Jarvis Jerel Hill of 401 Shrewsbury Road hiding behind a dumpster that is hidden
by a six foot high concrete wall.
Hill is charged with
burglary, possession of burglary tools, carrying a concealed weapon, and
possession of drug paraphernalia. Okaloosa Sheriff's Deputies conducted a
complete sweep of the mall, inside and out to make sure there were no other
suspects.
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