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Osceola County Police News — Jan. 18, 2023
Man accused of impersonating officer, stealing jewelry arrested
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in a case from December when a man impersonated a police officer and stole an elderly man’s jewelry at a gas station.
James Troy Davis, 51, was arrested and charged with robbery, grand theft, impersonating a law enforcement officer and false imprisonment. Osceola County Jail records show he bonded out of jail Friday; an initial court appearance was not immediately set.
On Dec. 7, the victim reported that a white male helped him pump his gas at a 7/11 on West U.S. Highway 192. Soon after “helping” the victim, the suspect advised he was a police officer, and told the victim that he looked too tired to drive. Later, the suspect’s vehicle reportedly began flashing victim believed to be patrol lights. Davis then accused the man of wearing stolen jewelry, and threatened him with arrest if he did not turn the jewelry over, which he did.
Davis took a photo of the victim’s driver’s license, and told him he would return it to him within an hour if he could confirm it was not stolen. But the suspect never returned the jewelry, and was not found until last week, thanks to tips from the public and surveillance video.
Kissimmee man sentenced to 10 years for possession of ricin; plotted to kill partner
A U.S. District judge has sentenced Kevin Deane Jones, 50, of Kissimmee to 10 years in federal prison for unlawfully possessing ricin, a biological toxin, and for possessing two firearms as a convicted felon.
According to court documents during a Dec. 6 hearing, the FBI received a complaint that Jones had manufactured ricin intending to use it to kill his former partner. Law enforcement officers then learned Jones ordered numerous items from the internet to produce ricin, had reportedly tested water guns to see which ones leaked, and had said that he would go on vacation immediately after spraying his former partner in the face with the ricin, so that he would have an alibi when she died.
On Dec. 17, law enforcement officers learned that Jones intended to travel to another state, where his former partner lived. Officers stopped Jones, and he admitted to manufacturing ricin. Officers found a plastic water gun in Jones’s truck, as well as five tubes filled with liquids that later tested positive for ricin. A search of Jones’s residence revealed additional tubes containing ricin, along with castor beans, documents pertaining to ricin, and approximately 200 rounds of various types of ammunition.
Additional investigation agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) questioned Jones regarding his possession of weapons. Following the ATF visit, Jones removed multiple firearms and ammunition and took them to a storage unit rented in his name. Law enforcement later searched the storage unit and found a rifle, handgun, silencer, and approximately 3,000 rounds of various types of ammunition.
Osceola Corrections’ Aleman part of Fla. Leadership Academy class
Jeffrey Aleman of the Osceola County Corrections Department was a member of the recent 42-person group of first-line supervisors from the Florida Leadership Academy.
The goal of the Florida Leadership Academy is to prepare first-line supervisors in criminal justice organizations to exemplify the character and integrity expected of criminal justice professionals and to examine the various components necessary to being an efficient leader.
