A 25-year-old from Boca Gardens was arrested for sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl. We have several cases from Watergate Estates (aka the Sandalfoot Trailer Park), some car vandalism in Boca Cove and East Boca, shoplifting from Lowe’s and the Delray Home Depot, and more.
Gianni Mesa (25) of Boca Gardens was arrested and charged with sexual assault on a minor as well as contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The investigation began in May and relates back to an incident in late 2018.
The girl went to a girlfriend’s house, and the two snuck out and met up with “John Cavalho” (we think Carvalho, age 21, but not sure). Carvalho took the girls to Mesa’s house where they all smoked weed and drank Amsterdam Vodka in Mesa’s bedroom. Carvalho went to another room to “do stuff” while the victim stayed in Mesa’s bedroom and they ended up “having sex I guess” according to her.
Deputies then arranged a recorded phone call between the victim and Mesa, and Mesa appeared to admit having sex with her – when asked if he used a condom he said he did. Upon arrest Mesa lawyered up.
The girl was a month short of her 16th birthday at the time of the incident.
Matthew Braun (37) of Boca Rio was arrested for violating a domestic violence injunction as a misdemeanor. This is an odd one. We don’t have the details of the injunction but apparently he’s not supposed to communicate with her. He walked his dog near her home and told her “there is something in the tree for you.” She found a love note, some honey, an origami rose and beauty cream in a nearby tree.
Braun was previously charged with a domestic violence felony in 2013. He also has a pending 2018 case for securities fraud, where he was part of a trio who allegedly defrauded investors of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
This is another “maybe she’s not the one” story. Natasha Shiffrin (45) was charged with aggravated battery after stabbing one of her boyfriends. She also stabbed herself twice during the incident and it there is a separate mental health proceeding filed involving her.
Now you might ask what caused all of this. It should be obvious. She was upset because her other boyfriend is married.
Shiffrin had a prior domestic violence case in 2008 where she appears to have been the alleged victim of her then husband.
Melitsa Vlitjig (19) of the Wellesley Park section of Boca Del Mar was arrested for felony domestic assault and misdemeanor battery. She threw a glass cup at her boyfriend, missing him so it’s only aggravated assault rather than aggravated battery, and she also punched him in the face getting her a misdemeanor battery.
She was angry he got a message from a girl on his computer. We see no prior history for her.
Matheus Ferreira (25) of East Boca packs a punch. He stands accused of felony battery causing a traumatic brain injury after an incident that took place in a parking lot near Palmetto Park Road and Federal Highway.
Allegedly Ferreira and others were harassing a parking lot attendant. The victim, a friend of the attendant, tried to intervene and Ferreira punched him in the jaw, knocking him out for over 2 minutes. Ferreira then fled the scene.
The victim was diagnosed a couple days later with a fractured skull, blood clots and a brain bleed.
Detective Kurdys of Boca PD then did a thorough investigation using witnesses, video and social media to track down Ferreira.
Ferreira has had a couple of marijuana cases and a lot of traffic tickets over the past 10 or more years.
We don’t know the “why” of this but the “how” is odd. David Gunning (39) of Tudor Woods was arrested on a Broward warrant for felony burglary and criminal mischief.
Gunning went into the victim’s home in Pompano Beach, and threw black enamel paint on him and the interior of his home. This requires $20,000 in repairs and substantial medical and dental treatment.
We don’t see any significant criminal history for Gunning, and can’t figure out what motivated this attack. Were they gay lovers? Did Gunning’s wife/girlfriend cheat on him with the victim? Was it work related? Gunning appears to work for a painting company. We may never know the full story.
It’s also odd that he was not charged with felony battery causing serious injury.
Miguel Calero (56) of the Watergate Estates trailer park was arrested for felony retail grand theft. Video of an incident captured a man at Lowe’s putting two DeWalt battery packs in his pants and walking out. The arresting deputy reviewed a “BOLO” (be on the lookout) e-mail for the suspect and immediately recognized him as Calero, who he knows from the trailer park.
Calero admitted to the crime, saying he has an addiction to heroin. We don’t see much history in Palm Beach County, but he has a fairly extensive record of minor traffic crimes and at least one petit theft in Broward.
42-year-old Patrizia Dilluvio of East Boca was arrested by Delray PD for stealing paint cans, glue, and lights from the Delray Home Depot. We see no prior history for her.
61-year-old Vanessa Faith Reid does not have faith in one of her neighbors. The Boca Cove resident allegedly smashed the windows of her neighbor’s minivan with a shovel, witnessed by two others and apparently caught on someone’s security camera as well.
Reid told the deputy that “the bitch that owns that minivan” had stolen her silverware.
We don’t see any criminal history but it appears Reid’s husband filed for divorce in 2015, and her condo is in the process of foreclosure.
Boca High’s Christian Oss (18) was arrested for criminal mischief. He was throwing rocks at two cars in a driveway, breaking their windows. The underlying story is that Oss thought the cars belonged to another young man who owed him money, though they actually belong to the young man’s father.
The incident took place at 2:30 am and was caught on the home’s security cameras. The son recognized Oss from the footage, as well as the car Oss was driving.
Brendan Borgos (22) of Watergate Estates was arrested for DUI. He was speeding and driving erratically. His BAC was 0.16, double the legal limit.
So Phillip Schoff is the mastermind of a cocaine distribution ring based in the trailer park. Right.
PBSO investigators got a tip that Schoff was selling powder cocaine and they arranged a buy. But Schoff was unavailable so he sent Kevin Del Rosario to handle the transaction, which took place in the Sandalfoot Publix parking lot.
A search of the roommates’ home led to cocaine in Schoff’s bedroom, which he admitted was his.
Schoff has had a couple of minor cases in the past. We see no priors for Del Rosario.
The two were deeply traumatized by their arrests as can be seen by Schoff’s Facebook post a few days later:
Okay, that was sarcasm on our part, and a funny meme by Schoff.
The name of the week goes to Hyrouance Blaise (22) of Sandalfoot Cove. It was a different incident but a very similar bullshit traffic stop and bogus search.
Blaise, the driver, was charged with possession of marijuana even though it was found on the passenger’s side and she admitted it was hers. He was also charged with possession of Buprenophine pills, which is a medicine used to treat opioid addiction.
We see no history for him.
