COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — A man accused of taking part in an armed home invasion that police say turned into hours of terror for one victim was arrested on Wednesday.
Tevin Dean, 31, has been arrested and faces a dozen felony charges tied to the June 8 incident, according to an arrest warrant.
Dean is accused of acting alongside co-defendant Sheendalie Joseph, who allegedly set up the robbery by letting Dean inside the apartment while the victim was upstairs.
Once inside, police say, Dean brandished a firearm and later held a kitchen knife to the back of the victim’s head, threatening to kill him while Joseph held the phone to the victim’s face in order to gain access. The victim was allegedly forced to strip naked and was bound with duct tape while the pair rifled through his belongings.
Investigators say the two made off with more than $27,000 in cash, property and digital currency. According to the warrant, they got into the victim’s Coinbase account, sold off his cryptocurrency, and sent roughly $1,200 through Zelle to an account belonging to Joseph’s son.
They’re also accused of linking the victim’s debit card to a CashApp account that wasn’t his and attempting several fraudulent transactions, along with stealing additional credit cards from a dresser drawer.
Officials say the victim was left tied up and struggled for nearly half an hour before breaking free.
Police say the pair tried to cover their tracks afterward — deleting seven Ring camera clips just minutes after leaving the scene and factory-resetting the victim’s iPhones before pawning them, wiping out evidence investigators couldn’t recover even with a search warrant.
Dean is charged with home invasion with a firearm, armed kidnapping, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, aggravated assault, grand theft, unlawful access of an electronic device, unlawful use of a two-way communication device, criminal use of personal identification, possession of a stolen credit card, and tampering with evidence.
Dean was denied bond by a Broward County judge.
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