Couple Connected to 24 Burglaries Arrested

**kellyhound** · #1 ● 10-28-2012, 04:09 PM

Video surveillance from the home on Covington Lane shows a black or dark blue, late 1990s model Ford Expedition with chrome mirrors driving by the house around 3:15 p.m.

A husband and wife were inside the home at the time with the husband sleeping in the master bedroom and his wife just exiting their pool at the back of the house.

The woman told deputies she entered her guest bathroom to change clothes and noticed the bottom part of the window was open.

She thought her husband might have been cleaning, but then noticed a door to a third bedroom that is normally open was closed.

When she went to open it and found it was locked, she alerted her husband.
The husband kicked open the locked bedroom but found no one inside.
The blinds were swinging in the window and the screen was pushed out.

The couple checked for property stolen and noticed a black box that contained checkbooks, two watches, cash and keys to a vehicle was missing from the kitchen counter.

Video surveillance from the home shows a Ford Expedition arrive and park in front of the house.

A white female with dark hair tied in a pony tail and wearing a brown tank top and blue jeans approaches the front door where she remains for a short time before returning to the truck.

A thin, white male with short dark hair appears from the driver’s side of the truck and walks to the right side of the house.

The male wearing a “Famous” shirt, jean-type shorts and black sneakers, also had gloves on and was carrying a pry tool in his hand.

The male made entry through the bathroom window and exited about four minutes later, carrying a black box and quickly made his way back onto Covington Lane.

4:20 p.m. UPDATE:
A couple wanted in connection to a Palm Coast home burglary was arrested Monday afternoon following a pursuit through Flagler and St. Johns counties, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

The two may be tied to as many as 24 burglaries in a three-county area during the last six months.

“Simply put, this couple made their living off stealing from other people,” Flagler County Sheriff Donald Fleming said in a statement.

Flagler detectives are working with investigators from St. Johns and Volusia counties to clear up what is expected to be at least 24 burglaries between the three counties.

William Fulkerson, 36, of St. Augustine, and Carmen Kilgore, 28, who is a transient, are suspects in the Oct. 5 burglary of a home on Covington Lane in Palm Coast.

This morning, deputies observed a vehicle matching the description of the SUV seen in the video. Around noon, Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies attempted to stop the Ford Expedition on North Parkview Drive, in Palm Coast.

The driver refused and fled from deputies on a route that snaked through Palm Coast at speeds of between 30 mph and 40 mph.

Deputies said initially, the vehicle turned out of Parkview Drive onto Belle Terre Parkway, leading deputies north to Cypress Point Parkway to Walmart then to Cypress Edge Drive, and then turning onto Palm Coast Parkway eastbound until reaching the northbound ramp to I-95.

At one point, deputies attempted to deploy Stop Sticks on Cypress Edge Drive, causing damage to the two tires on the driver’s side.

The vehicle was traveling on the highway at about 70 mph on two rims and two tires.

Flagler County’s FireFlight assisted with following the vehicle, giving deputies the location and direction of travel from an aerial view.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers and St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office deputies joined Flagler County deputies to stop the vehicle when the vehicle left I-95 and turned onto U.S. 1 northbound and then headed eastbound on County Road 206.

When the vehicle returned to U.S. 1 and headed northbound, St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office deputies were able to halt the vehicle by deploying Stop Sticks.

Fulkerson is being held at the St. Johns County Jail on charges of felony fleeing and eluding a police officer and criminal mischief. Kilgore is still being questioned by detectives.

Both are facing additional charges in Flagler, St. Johns and Volusia counties.