Category: Crime

Not counting the Publix prostitution sting from this past week, we have nine arrests to report. The top three in the image above were arrested for battery, and the bottom three were arrested for DUI.
Deputies booked Mario Ribaudo (58, top left) early Sunday morning on charges of battery and aggravated battery. He was released early Monday afternoon (about an hour before we wrote this). His reported address is in Boca Chase, in a nice house with a lake view. While on first look the name might appear Latino, we think he’s Sicilian.
Scott Whitman (24, top center) was arrested late Sunday night for battery. He was released this morning. His reported address is in the Timbers of Boca. If we’re not mistaken he works for the same telemarketing firm as another recent arrestee. A couple hours after he was booked, deputies also booked his girlfriend for DUI (bottom right of the image – and see below).
Kathryn Wilson (44, top right) was arrested on Tuesday the 22nd for battery, and released early the next morning. County court records show numerous cases for her dating back to 2005. In 2013 she did a little jail time and had some stiff fines for another battery case. Her reported address is in the Sandalfoot trailers not far from Winikoff and Tradewind.
Boynton Beach police arrested Peter Larson (29, bottom left) for DUI on Saturday. Larson works in construction. His reported address is in Strathmore near the intersection of St. Andrews and Potomac. The case does not show up in the court database yet, and we see no other criminal history for him, other than some traffic tickets.
Mike Minihane (27, bottom center) was booked for DUI early Sunday morning, and has not been released yet. His reported address is a condo in Boca Del Mar between Powerline and Military Trail. He has a felony drug case pending from a February arrest. Back in 2013 he had a careless driving charge resolved with “adjudication withheld,” and he’s had several other cases, mostly traffic, dating back to 2006.

Ian Thompson (45, above) was booked early on Thursday the 24th for a child abuse charge, and released the afternoon of the same day. His reported address is near the Glades Branch Library.
We see no prior criminal history for him.

Update: We have more details on the PBSO Publix prostitution sting.
Update 2: We have video from the Publix prostitution sting.

Seven West Boca men were arrested Friday in a prostitution sting set up by the deputies near the Sandalfoot Publix.
On the upper left, Marc Decembre (40) of the Hamptons of Boca was booked early afternoon and remains in custody. The only history we see for him in the county are a few traffic cases. Of the seven, his nookie run was the longest.
Top center is Ruben Colon (31) of the Timberwalk townhomes in Loggers Run. He also remains in custody. The blotter indicates this is charged as a second offense, though we don’t see the first in either Palm Beach or Broward court records. We do see two felony arrests from 2001/2002, one for burglary and another for leaving the scene of an injury accident (we didn’t realize that was a felony). He’s also had a few traffic cases.
Top right is Jeffrey Glickman (29) of Sandalfoot Cove, who was released shortly after midnight. He was previously arrested in 2010, originally charged with felony aggravated assault along with prowling/loitering. That was reduced to a lesser charge and then dropped by the prosecution. His charge is also listed in the blotter as a second offense, but again we do not see any first offense.
Bottom left is Michael Fox (21) of Timbers of Boca, released early this morning. We mentioned Mr. Fox in a crime story in March, and detailed his significant arrest history there.
Robert Sturley (2nd from bottom left, 63) remains in custody at this writing. His reported address is just west of 441 near that Sandalfoot Publix. We see no previous arrest history for Mr. Sturley.
Mark Whalen (2nd from bottom right, 50) was released shortly before Mr. Fox. His reported address is in Boca Winds. He’s had a couple of traffic cases but we see nothing else in his history. Oddly yesterday’s arrest does not show up in court records yet.
On the bottom, far right, is Alexandre Guimaraes (50), also from the Timberwalk townhomes. We see a few traffic cases for him and nothing else. He was released a minute after Mr. Whalen.
Our source tells us that PBSO spent some time setting this sting up. We have requested a probable cause affidavit and will update the story when we find out more.
Update: See our new article on the probable cause affidavit in the Publix prostitution sting.
In related news, we hear Publix is considering a new motto: “Publix: Where shopping is a pleasure!”
Of course all arrestees are innocent at this stage.

Christopher Campbell (23) was arrested on Monday morning on felony charges of burglary and grand theft, and has not been released yet.
Mr. Campbell’s reported address is a house in Mission Bay on the south side of Glades.
He has a minimal history with a traffic case from 2006 that was dropped and a speeding ticket in February that he resolved just a few days before this arrest.
 
Michael Russo (21) was also arrested Monday morning on a probation violation. A resident of The Lakes at Boca Rio, Russo has a history of several traffic cases dating back to 2009, including repeat accusations of driving while suspended or revoked.
In 2012 he was arrested on robbery and aggravated battery charges in a high profile incident many of our readers may remember, as the getaway driver when two older women were attacked outside Publix by Russo’s friend. He did less than a year in jail and was set for four years of probation. In 2013 he was also arrested for battery and grand theft.
Ioranny Mendes (18) was picked up Monday on several probation violations. Mr. Mendes previously made local news in Boca News Now when he was arrested with three others back in early 2013. He was also charged again in January of this year with speeding and driving without a license, with the latter being dropped.
Mr. Mendes also has some connection to someone in the State Attorney’s office and that led to a new prosecutor being assigned back by Governor Scott in 2013. The young man’s reported address is in Boca Winds. He has not been released yet.
Wayne Castellano was picked up and booked early Tuesday morning on an “out-of-county warrant.” We can’t find a warrant in the system so we don’t know what this is about. He’s had a few traffic cases in Palm Beach County and several in Broward including a couple felony cases filed back in March of 2003.
Criminal cases may run in the family:

Last, Debra Williams (41) was arrested late Sunday for battery. We see no prior criminal history. The case is being treated as domestic violence. Her reported address is in the trailers off Sandalfoot west of 441. She was released Monday afternoon.

Reminder: All arrestees are innocent until proven guilty.

Show up! For cryin’ out loud, don’t skip your court date.
At least three of the four arrestees above had rotten days because they didn’t show up to court on minor cases.
Philip Shirazi (above left, 21, resides near Del Prado Elementary) was facing the incredibly minor charge of having an open house party. We’re not even sure that’s illegal. But because he didn’t show up to a court date on March 6th a capias warrant was issued. He spent over 12 hours in police custody, mostly on the morning of Thursday the 17th. Show up!
Kiley Carpenter (2nd from left, 29, Spanish River grad who resides near Boca Greens) had tickets for expired license, failing to display registration (the cop bothered to write this ticket?), and not showing proof of insurance. A capias was issued and she enjoyed the confines of PBSO custody for roughly 14 hours, mostly on Friday morning. Show up!
Joseph Morgan Szarf (3rd from left, 27) had similar tickets – expired registration, not carrying or exhibiting his drivers license, some kind of problem with the license plate and no proof of insurance. The Spanish River grad and Symphony Bay resident missed a court date on March 25th, and spent almost all of Friday in custody. That had to be unpleasant. Show up!
Slightly different, Nicholas Connolly (far right, 23, Country Landing in Loggers Run) was picked up on Wednesday on an “out of county warrant”. Some details of a warrant from Okeechobee County are in the adjacent image, something about violation of a court order. This was a “catch and release” – they held him for about 14 hours until they got a hold of someone in Okeechobee who said they didn’t want him and released him. It’s a little different from just showing up, but you need to make sure any warrants against you are cleared. Don’t ignore court dates or warrants.

Casey Harrington (above left, 23) of Palmetto Pines (south of Palmetto across from Boca Woods) was arrested on Thursday on two counts of burglary. The West Boca grad remains in custody for now, held on $3000 bond. He has a lengthy history of mostly traffic tickets dating back to 2006, with a few relatively minor criminal charges.
Steven Tash (above right, 53) was arrested by Delray Beach police and booked early Friday morning accused of grand theft and driving with a suspended license. His reported address is in the Polo Club (near Military Trail and Clint Moore) and he may work in the supplements industry.

Ryan Tesauro (center, 28) was booked Saturday morning for DUI and also “hit and run,” leaving the scene of a property damage accident. His reported address is in Boca Isles South. He was released after roughly 6 hours in custody. We don’t have full information, but the circumstances of leaving the scene may make it difficult to prove a DUI case. Tesauro has had a string of mostly traffic cases dating back to 2004. It looks like he’s an Olympic Heights graduate.
Darryl Vereen (right, 29) of the Boca Rio Townhomes shows up as having been arrested Thursday for “failure to appear.” However, it looks from the court records that he was scheduled to turn himself in on a case where he’d already been found guilty of driving with a suspended or revoked license, and that in doing so his 15-day sentence would be reduced to 4 days. He has a lengthy history with nearly 40 cases (almost all traffic) over the past 10 years or so. Even worse, he may work in telemarketing.