Who: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Judicial Operation Bureau - Violent Offenders Warrants Unit (VOWU) Patrol Operations Bureau - Community Policing Unit Investigative Operations Bureau Support Services Bureau
Clearwater Police Department
United States Marshal
Pinellas Park Police Department
Largo Police Department
What: Deputies assigned to the Violent Offenders Warrants Unit (VOWU), along with various other Sheriff’s Office components; and several law enforcement agencies have arrested 32 wanted suspects in “Operation Street Sweep.”
"Operation Street Sweep” targeted individuals with outstanding warrants in Central Pinellas County. Specifically, they focused on felony warrants issued in the last four years and misdemeanor warrants issued in the past two years.
When: The operation ran from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on May 14, 2015.
Where: The operation was conducted in Central Pinellas County.
Why/How: In a continuing effort to lower the number of outstanding warrants in Pinellas County, the Sheriff’s Office Violent Offender Warrants Unit along with various other agency components; and jointly with the Largo Police Department, United States Marshal Service, Clearwater Police Department, and the Pinellas Park Police Department conducted a 12 hour sweep targeting individuals with felony warrants issued in the last four years and misdemeanor warrants issued in the last two years.
During the operation, which was conducted on May 14, 2015 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., law enforcement teams fanned out across 4 zones in Central Pinellas. Thirty-two (32) physical arrests were made. Thirty-one (31) of those arrested had a total of 35 outstanding warrants. One subject was arrested on a non-warrant related charge (Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Paraphernalia), and one subject arrested for a warrant had an additional charge (Possession of Heroin). Three subjects were located already incarcerated; both in state and out of state.
The Sheriff’s Office will continue to pursue arrests of suspects in the days and weeks to come.
The following subjects were arrested during the operation:
Sheddred Theodore Burney DOB: 7/4/1976, Attempt 1st Degree Murder, Robbery With A Deadly Weapon Nicholas Allen DOB: 5/8/1995, 1 count Possession of Hallucinogen/Salt Isomar Gabrielle Byrd DOB: 5/15/1985, Fraud-Unemployment (Additional Charge – Possession of Heroin) Carrie Cales DOB: 7/26/1974, Two Counts Sale and Possession of Oxycodone Angel Claudio DOB: 4/16/1973, Trafficking in Hydrocodone Steven Falsey DOB: 3/12/1988, Trafficking in Oxycodone/Sale and Delivery of Lysergic Miguel Santiago-Gunzalez DOB: 9/29/1978, Failure to Appear– Dealing in Stolen Property Jeffrey Houston DOB: 3/28/1990, Sale and Possession of Marijuana Jody Lee Heuchan DOB: 12/20/1976, Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle Elaine Maher DOB: 3/8/1965, Violation of Probation Possession of Methadone Charles Mosley DOB: 4/25/1962, Violation of Probation Grand Theft and Possession of Marijuana Latoya Mosley DOB: 6/22/1980, Violation of Probation Grand Theft Lisa Paris DOB: 1/25/1968, Obtaining Property in Return for Worthless Check Thomas Parker: 4/22/1982, Felony DUI Kashana Spenser DOB: 6/6/1977, Forgery Jason Smith DOB: 12/15/1985, Violation of Probation Sale of Hydromorphone Bonnie Jean Smith DOB: 4/24/1979, Four counts Sale and Possession of Hydromorphone Kace Wagner DOB: 12/24/1987, Violation of Probation Felony DWLSR Dorothea Wheeler DOB: 6/14/1950, Battery on Law Enforcement Officer Bridgette Baal DOB: 2/10/1973, Petit Theft Masanda Greene DOB: 4/13/1981, Writ of Attachment Child Support Amanda Hamel DOB: 11/24/1974, Violation of Probation DUI Robert Jackson DOB: 4/12/1970, Violation of Probation DUI Mila Mitrovic DOB: 4/10/1990, Failure to Appear Two Counts RAWOV / Disorderly Conduct Carmen Romero DOB: 8/1/1950, Obtaining Property with Worthless Check Yvonne Rockhill DOB: 12/1/1975, Failure to Appear Insufficient Funds Andrew Richardson DOB: 2/3/1967, Criminal Mischief| Stephen Slaff DOB: 11/8/1988, Failure to Appear Retail Theft William Stephenson DOB: 8/12/1981, DWLSR with Knowledge Johnell Walters DOB: 6/24/1979, Petit Theft / Writ of Bodily Attachment Tierney Greene DOB: 9/22/1992, Violation of Injunction – Domestic Violence Isreal Ochoa Benitez DOB: 9/3/1983, Aggravated Animal Abuse Marco Javier Ortega DOB: 9/24/1977, Felony Battery Roberto Lopez DOB: 6/6/1993, Possession of Marijuana / Possession of Paraphernalia (non-warrant)
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