GPD: 3 arrested in scheme to use homeless in iPhone thefts
Published: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 12:23 p.m. Last Modified:
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 4:53 p.m.  Three out-of-county
residents have been arrested on allegations they are members of
a large criminal ring and that they enlisted homeless men in
Gainesville to try to fraudulently obtain iPhones from the
Walmart Supercenter off Waldo Road.  Jamah Hearn, 24, and Answan
Geriman Wright, 35, both of St. Petersburg, and 34-year old
Lashawn Morant, of Tallahassee, were each charged with felony
fraud and booked into the Alachua County jail.  Investigators
with the Gainesville Police Department say they believe the men
are part of the “Felony Lane” crime ring in South Florida that
travels the state targeting different cities and towns for
thefts and other crimes before leaving town.  The three men are
alleged to have picked up homeless men from the Bo Diddley Plaza
downtown and taken them to the Walmart Supercenter located at
1800 NE 12th Ave., where the homel