The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office currently have three suspects in custody in connection to a credit card and burglary ring.
According to a press release from the SRSO, Jacinta Nyberg, Ludvens Deus and David Griffin are currently in Santa Rosa County Jail, after deputies received a complaint of a fraudulent credit card charge from a Pace resident on Sunday. Deputies were able to trace the several hundreds of dollars worth of fraudulent charges to the Publix grocery store in Pace.
With assistance from the store’s staff, the investigating deputy was able to locate the fraudulent transaction via a sales receipt. The deputy also identified one of the suspects, later identified as David Griffin of Fort Lauderdale, through surveillance footage. Griffin was seen on camera making a fraudulent purchase of multiple gift cards worth more than $450.
While the deputy was speaking with the employee who conducted the transaction in question, Griffin entered Publix at the same time. In the arrest report, the employee pointed out Griffin to the deputy on scene.
The arresting deputy detained Griffin, who was located near a gift card section at the store. The deputy observed Griffin “smelled strongly of burnt cannabis” at the time and found several reloadable debit cards and gift cards, the report said. One of the cards was traced back to the original victim in Pace.
While inside the store, Griffin revealed that he had two other individuals waiting for him in the parking lot. In the report, deputies then made contact with Jacinta Nyberg of Davie and Ludvens Deus of Miami in the vehicle outside, where deputies found additional gift cards and other property linking the south Florida suspects to a vehicle burglary and theft which occurred on the same day.
Detectives are continuing to investigate where the origination of the stolen credit card numbers. Authorities believe the credit card ring is happening throughout the state and believe this case will continue to be ongoing for some time, the press release said.
All three suspects remain in custody without bond.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: SRSO: South Florida suspects apprehended in credit card, vehicle burglary ring