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Important Fingerprint Hit

July 1, 2002

Thanks to fingerprint comparisons by the Fingerprint Unit's Carl Ciotola, 40 yr. old EUGENE COOPER, who was arrested on June 12 on an in-progress burglary in District 2, has additonally been identified as culprit in three other residential burglaries and was charged accordingly. He appears to be the one who had been plaguing District 2 with the front door forced entries of homes.

This past Friday, June 28, Detectives Herbert and Chris Smith, alerted by an informant, and with the help of patrol, located burglary suspect, 28 yr. old Charles McFadden near W. Sunrise/24 Ave. He had been identified as the culprit in a residential burglary in Lauderdale Manors earlier in the month. During interview he implicated himself in a business burglary at 700 blok NW 9 Ave.

Detectives Littlefield and Donisi were notified that Wilton Manors had arrested 21 yr old CORIE BEASLEY during a burglary in that city. Donisi then began a pawn history check of Beasley's name and found that he had a lengthy pattern of pawning.

Through crime analysis, dates of Beasley's pawns and the items he pawned were compared with burglaries having occurred in our city on those dates. Two matches of property taken and then pawned were found, based only on description as no serial numbers were available.

On Friday, Beasley was additionally charged with Dealing in Stolen Property regarding the one burglary in our city, and on July 2, 2002, additional documentation will be submitted, charging him with a second charge of Dealing in Stolen Property, based on our other burglary. Beasley resides in NW Fort Lauderdale, but the burglaries occurred in SW portion of city (Davie/31 Ave). There will be more prints to be submitted for comparison to determine if he can be identified in any other burglaries in that area.

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Crime Walk/Night Out

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department will be holding a Crime Walk/Night Out for the South Middle River Civic Association.

When: Fri, July 26
Time: From 8:00 PM to 12 AM.
Where: 1100 block of NW 5 Ave

We will be utilizing the Mobile Command Center and offering the following services:

• Combat Auto Theft (CAT) Registrations
• Free Club anti-theft devices for owners of the top ten stolen vehicle models
• Code Enforcement Information
• Bicycle registrations
• Meet your zone officers
• Creole Translators

Please come by and say hello.

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Great Detective Work

July 8, 2002

Detective Chuck Morrow

Last week you responded to a BOLO of a just-occurred aggravated battery incident on N.W. 5th Avenue. A victim was shot twice and beaten by four subjects.

Your attention to the radio, timely response and effective investigative effort let to the arrest of all four violators involved in this violent street crime within thirty minutes of the report.

They have been charged with three felonies and numerous firearms were seized. Your efforts have made our streets much safer.

Thank you,

Al Ortenzo
Assistant Chief

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Great Detective Work

July 8, 2002

Detective Tom Hill

Congratulations on the recent publication of your article on forensic footwear identification.

This article in the July/August 2002 edition of the "Journal of Forensic Identification" is just the latest example of your expertise and leadership in this important area of criminal investigation.

Your continued efforts to be the best at what you do benefit our profession and are a credit to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.

Thank you,

Al Ortenzo
Assistant Chief

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Great Detective Work

July 8, 2002

Detective Juan Cabrera
Chief Latent Print Examiner Carl Ciotola

Congratulations on teh recent publication of the "More Hits" article in the "More Hits Impressions" newsletter. This article highlighted our successful investigation, prosecution and conviction in the "Self Storage" facility homicide earlier this year.

Your continued professionalism and efforts in this area of investigation are making the streets safer and the Fort Lauderdale Police Department a leader in this technology.

Thank you,

Al Ortenzo
Assistant Chief

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Great Detective Work

July 15, 2002

Detective Rich Rodriguez/CID
Street Narc Unit Members (Red & Blue)

I appreciate the combined efforts of all of you last week in the apprehension of three suspects, Michael Smith, Jean Anderson and Gordon Sevile, all tied to both street narcotics dealing and firearms charges. I believe it will become even more evident in coming weeks that these subjects are heavily connected to street robberies. They definitely needed to be taken off the streets.

Your fine teamwork has accomplished a great deal and will make a real difference.

Thank you,

Al Ortenzo
Assistant Chief

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Great Detective Work

July 15, 2002

Detective Chuck Morrow,

Nice job nabbing the bank robber downtown last week. Looks like Roger Stottlemyer is good for al least three bank robberies initially suspected and perhaps more.

Your diligence in monitoring and responding to the radio call of the bank robbery and leadership in establishing the perimeter helped to put this guy away.

Thank you,

Al Ortenzo
Assistant Chief

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Great Detective Work

July 30, 2002

Detective Rich Rodriguez / CID

Very nice work piecing together the case against armed robbers Austin Appleton and Eric Wilcher. Excellent investigative tactics.

Thank you,
Al Ortenzo
Assistant Chief

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Great Detective Work

July 30, 2002

Detective Chuck Morrow
Detective John Curry
Detective Gabe Carmichael
Detective Chuck Sierra
Detective Chris Herbert

Thank you for working together in the successful apprehension of John Florestal for armed robbery and attempted murder. This was a particularly violent crime and very significant arrest in our efforts to reduce robberies in the Northwest section of our city.

Thank you,
Al Ortenzo
Assistant Chief

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