CENTER POINT — On June 8, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the Lynn Haven, FL Police Department about a stolen motorcycle that was possibly in the Center Point Area.
The motorcycle had been stolen the previous day in Florida. It was equipped with a GPS tracking device that provided a location on Shadow Wood Circle in Center Point. Deputies went to the address and located the motorcycle and two men suspected of being involved in the theft. The motorcycle was recovered and the suspects were arrested and charged with Receiving Stolen Property 1st Degree.
During questioning, the men told deputies that a second motorcycle had been stolen at the same time. The second motorcycle was said to have been dropped off at a chop shop in the 3400 block of 11th Avenue South in Birmingham.
While deputies were at the shop a man arrived on a motorcycle. The vehicle identification number on that motorcycle had been altered.
Deputies obtained a search warrant for the business. Personnel from the Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, MACC Unit, and the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office the executed the search warrant.
Two more stolen motorcycles were recovered. In total five men were arrested and five stolen motorcycles were recovered.
Biltulfo Medina Gomez, 24, of Center Point and 24-year-old Christopher Garcia of Brighton were arrested during the recovery of the first motorcycle on Shadow Wood Circle. Gomez was charged with receiving stolen property and being a fugitive from justice out of Florida. He remains in the Jefferson County Jail with no bond. Garcia was charged with first degree receiving stolen property and held on $15, 000 bond.
Three men were arrested at the chop shop.
Torin Brundidge, 23, of Birmingham was charged with Altering or Falsifying a Vehicle Identification Number. He posted $2500 bond and was released.
Denaris Davis, 27, of Birmingham was charged with Receiving Stolen Property 1st Degree and Operating a Vehicle Theft Facility. He posted $30,000 bond and was released.
Antonio Fields, 28, of Forestdale was charged with first degree receiving stolen property. He was also found to have outstanding warrants for failure to appear in court. He remains in the Jefferson County Jail with no bond.
18 Comments
Michelle McCurry
DeLane McCurry REALLY?
Tim Glass
I am shocked
Matt Coleman
I’m very shocked also
Dianne Vick
WAY TO ! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
Joe Domnanovich
Seems hardly a day goes by without a Center Point crime story.
Amy Nesbitt Brackett
Center Point is the ghetto now! I’m to scared to even drive through there!!
Stephanie Perez
Jason Harris maybe your stolen bike got sent here
Kay Hicks
I won’t drive through there with their speed camera’s . So I guess they are using that money to keep Center Point safe!
Jason Harris
Probably so. That bike is long gone unfortunately
James S Vining
WTH? A chop shop in Centerpoint? Surely not
Ann Ruth Eggleton
No crime there…..haha……it was a nice place once…..we used to shop and eat there…….not for quite a while……too spooky……..love
Ashley Hallman
Ronda Collier Hitt Gage Hitt
Missy Milligan Morris
The thing I’m not understanding is how these men have higher bonds than the ones I’ve read about who have molested children and whatnot… so backwards
Ronda Collier Hitt
Assholes
Kim Glass
So True. Hell the ones in charge of Center point must be scared to get control because it’s been let go way to Long now thay need help and don’t want to at meant it. But some one needs to step up to the plate and take control. I know family’s that have been their for years and thay are afraid to out to get in their car’s
Stanley A. Vining Jr.
Yea – this must be a mistake
Diann Hays
It’s like a battlefield there….Day and night…won’t go through there either
Earlene Gilliland-Johnson
Will not go through there at all because you get just a tad over one of there white lines and they send you a ticket plus I do not feel safe there anymore.