A Greenacres woman encountered a rude awakening Tuesday when she discovered her purse, car keys, and about 40 credit cards had disappeared along with her 2023 Kia Telluride. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, alerted to the residential break-in and vehicle theft on Tuesday, indicated that the alleged burglary occurred near Palm Drive in Greenacres around 2 a.m, as reported by CBS12.
The victim later notified law enforcement upon realizing that her credit cards were used at several locations, including Walmart where a $13.16 purchase was made and Chevron and Dollar General, where her cards were charged $28.40 and $99.78, respectively, according to CBS12. Surveillance footage from Walmart captured a suspect, later identified as Marcus Mott wearing a black hoodie, ripped blue jeans, and black shoes, using the victim’s credit cards, the footage which subsequently led to an arrest at a Cumberland Farms gas station.
Marcus Mott, 34, faced multiple charges including grand theft of a motor vehicle, burglary of an unoccupied conveyance, and criminal use of personal identification as detailed in a booking post found on a Facebook page. The booking information listed bond amounts for some of the charges, with two counts set at $5,000 each, although no bond was listed for the burglary of the occupied dwelling charge.
After the arrest, the vehicle was spotted on I-95 in Boca Raton, and Mott was detained around 12:30 p.m., when the car he was driving pulled into the gas station, law enforcement officials, swiftly bringing an end to the sequence of events that had unfolded since the early hours of the morning according to a statement obtained by CBS12. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has not disclosed further details on the investigation or any potential accomplices in the crime spree perpetrated by Mott.
