Overview
- Attorney General James Uthmeier said Caleb Rashaun Frederick and Ne'osha Lasha Taylor were arrested in connection with more than 40 thefts totaling about $31,000 across Palm Beach and Broward counties.
- Frederick faces one count of organized retail theft, five counts of dealing in stolen property and one count of false verification of ownership.
- Taylor is charged with one count of organized retail theft and four counts of dealing in stolen property.
- Investigators allege the pair targeted major chains and resold household appliances and laundry products on Facebook Marketplace, working together with one acting as a lookout.
- The Office of Statewide Prosecution is handling the case under a new Retail Theft Special Task Force, with prosecutors Chris Olowin and Monique Wilson assigned, and officials say possible sentences could reach 95 and 75 years if convictions occur.