SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — 9 Investigates uncovered another suspect accused of committing a crime more than a month after he cut off his court-ordered GPS monitor.
Investigators said Titus Williams, 17, cut off his GPS ankle monitor March 17, but he wasn’t arrested until nearly 50 days later when Williams allegedly slammed into a Seminole County deputy and a house on Main Street in Sanford Wednesday afternoon.
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“They cracked the wall,” said the homeowner, Claybon Hall.
Court records show Williams was supposed to be wearing a court-ordered ankle monitor, which he allegedly cut off. A judge ordered the teenager to wear it on March 9 after his arrest in connection to a December carjacking.
On Wednesday, a deputy spotted Williams driving a stolen car.
That’s when Williams allegedly tried to escape by crashing into the deputy and then the house.
Former Chief Judge Belvin Perry suspended a different GPS program in Orange and Osceola counties after a number of problems with the program, such as the case of Bessman Okafor, who allegedly broke home confinement to kill Alex Zaldivar so the witness could not testify.
“GPS gives people false sense of security,” Perry said.
Williams is now behind bars without bond.