BROOKSVILLE, Fla. – A young man accused in a long list of crimes over several months was finally busted. Now, he’s facing 13 criminal charges, 12 of them felonies.
Authorities in Florida said Dominic Scott Thomas scared a woman and two kids, and picked up four criminal charges in the process.
Thomas was at the home next door “and had approached the two juveniles who were playing outside in their front yard,” his arrest report said. “This caused one of them to run inside to get [the woman],” whose relationship to the kids wasn’t specified.
“When [the woman] came outside to confront the defendant,” the report continued, “the defendant then pulled a handgun, aimed it at the feet of [the woman] and the two juveniles, and fired ‘several shots’ into the ground at their feet, causing all three subjects to be in fear for their lives.”
Then, Thomas “fled from the scene and was unable to be located.”
Authorities said he left a calling card: “several holes in the ground consistent with gunshots, and four 9 mm casings near the driveway of the residence.”
Thomas picked up four criminal charges that day: three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of discharging a firearm in public. That last charge is his only misdemeanor.
That was on the evening of Sept. 12, and authorities got an arrest warrant on Dec. 5. It wasn’t their only one.
On Nov. 11, “multiple victims reported their vehicles burglarized, and having multiple items removed,” that arrest report said.
It all happened “approximately 0.3 miles apart from each destination,” and investigators believe there was only one burglar.
One victim was apparently the local school board’s director of research and accountability. She told a detective several items “were removed” from “her unlocked white 2018 General motors Corp Yukon.”
Those items were reportedly “a Hernando County School Board silver Dell laptop, a Hernando County School Board identification card, a swipe key, a black Kate Spade wallet, and a tan Kate Spade wallet, valued at approximately $1,210.
“Miscellaneous debit/credit cards, including the victim’s Regions Bank debit card, were present inside the wallet.”
This victim told the detective “a Regions Bank travel credit card” belonging to the school district “was used the following stores: Best Buy ($1,746.57-approved), Walmart ($630.37-declined), Family Dollar ($5.06-approved), and a Marathon gas station (two transactions of $51.10: both declined).“
Thomas’ arrest report said he was charged with six counts of fraudulent use of a credit card, three attempted and three successful, despite only two successes described. Regardless, the law does not differentiate between success and failure.
“It appeared that all the attempts and approved charges were made on Nov. 11, 2024,” the same day of the burglaries, the report said, “starting at 5:35 p.m. to 9 p.m.
“Video surveillance from Best Buy and Walmart revealed a male with long curly hair, wearing a black Tampa Bay Lightning hat, brown jacket with brown lettering, dark-colored pants, and Nike slides. The same male subject was observed using a green Regions Bank debit card at Walmart. The male subject appeared to have a black anarchy symbol on the top of his right hand.
“A sedan used by the male was also observed and later identified as a gray 2012 Nissan Sentra registered to the defendant, Dominic Scott Thomas.
“A social media (Facebook) check was conducted on Dominic. The search revealed that the defendant resembled the characteristics observed in video surveillance, including long curly hair and the same black anarchy symbol tattoo on the top of his right hand.”
That got Thomas six more felonies, and arrest warrants dated Nov. 22.
Two other alleged victims also reported burglaries.
A man “reported a brown pocket folding knife and $5,” valued at approximately $105, were taken from his unlocked brown 2013 Toyota Tundra.
And a second man “reported a Suncoast Credit Union checkbook, SunTrust Bank checkbook, and $250 in cash,” valued at approximately $252, were taken from his unlocked 2023 gray Chevrolet Suburban and 2024 gray Chevrolet Silverado.
Thomas, 20, was charged with three counts of burglary from the vehicles, all described as “unlocked.”
His arrest was not described, but Thomas was booked into jail shortly after 1 a.m. on Dec. 15, and he didn’t stay for long.
His bond for the firing incident was set at $16,000. His bond for each credit card count was lowered from $5,000 to $1,000.
And Thomas was not expected to be granted bond for the burglary counts, but it was set at $2,000 each, and everything was paid.
Thomas’ Application for Criminal Indigent Status, to be assigned a public defender, consisted of one document after his arrest for all the cases against him.
Interestingly, Thomas wrote he has no income and no other assets, but “liabilities and debts in the amount of” $500.
His arraignment on all charges is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 9.
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