Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two individuals, Jeremiah Patrick Oglesbee and Timerio Dwayne Williams, Jr., both 18 years old, were taken into custody on Friday night. The arrests were made after GPS signals pinpointed a car where the pair were discovered “sleeping.” Oglesbee, who is currently on probation and facing pre-trial release conditions, also had an outstanding warrant for probation violation.
On May 9, a burglary victim reported to authorities that several devices from her stolen bookbag were indicating a GPS location near Butler Plaza. Officers from the Gainesville Police Department responded to the area and discovered a vehicle matching the location, within which the two men appeared to be “sleeping” (the term “sleeping” is repeatedly surrounded by quotation marks in the arrest documentation, although no further clarification is provided for its use).
The officer also noted that he could see multiple items belonging to the victim through the windows of the vehicle.
The person who leased the vehicle told the officer that she allowed the two men to “sleep” in her vehicle and gave consent for a search.
Items stolen from the victim were recovered at the sites indicated by the GPS, and her bookbag was located approximately 50 feet from where the vehicle occupied by the duo was situated, concealed within some bushes.
Post Miranda, both men reportedly said they were asleep the entire night and did not know how the stolen items got into the vehicle. Oglesbee reportedly later stated that he had stayed in the vehicle while Williams took the victim’s belongings from her vehicle at the Residence Inn (3275 SW 40th Blvd).
Both men have been charged with burglary to an unoccupied vehicle and grand theft.
Oglesbee was last arrested in October 2024 for loitering, trespassing, and resisting an officer without violence, and at the time, he was listed as a Buchholz student who had a juvenile record between 2020 and 2022; he was also on pre-trial release for grand theft of a motor vehicle. Adjudication of guilt was withheld in the vehicle theft case, and he was sentenced to two years of probation. His probation officer filed an affidavit on May 2, stating that he had failed to make any payments toward the cost of supervision, had failed to obtain employment or attend school, had not completed a required anti-theft course, and stopped earning community service hours after completing 25 hours (he is required to complete 50 hours). He was instructed to participate in an employability program on May 1 but failed to show up.
Oglesbee also has a Notice to Appear in two cases of bicycle theft.
Judge Phillip Pena set bail at $50,000 on the new charges and ordered Oglesbee held without bail until the probation violations are resolved.
Williams has no local adult criminal history. Judge Pena set bail at $20,000.
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