STUART, Fla. — Juan Dejesus Cabral wanted to know who was coming and going from his Stuart home, so he set up six cameras around the house.
Martin County sheriff’s authorities did, too.
The 26-year-old alleged drug dealer was arrested this week at his home on Southeast Norfolk Boulevard, just east of South Kanner Highway, on multiple drug-related charges.
While performing a court-approved search of the home, sheriff’s narcotics and SWAT officers found the cameras mounted throughout the property. Cabral said he was afraid of being robbed.
Authorities gathered weeks worth of footage from those cameras, or in the sheriff’s office’s words, “weeks worth of customers.”
"Cabral had excellent taste in video cameras, providing detectives with high-quality video evidence of his illegal activity, plus bonus footage," the sheriff's office wrote on its Facebook page. "Detectives will now go through the footage to see who will be featured in future booking photos."
SUSPECTED DRUG DEALERS HOME “PROTECTION” CAMERAS, LEAD DETECTIVES RIGHT TO THE GOODS, BUT THAT’S NOT ALL… If you purchased or sold drugs at a home in Fishermans Cove on SE Norfolk Ave. Stuart, you may soon be selected for a future booking photo. That’s because the person living in the home, 26-year old Juan Dejesus Cabral, recorded the comings and goings of all his guests, claiming he was fearful of being robbed. The problem is, he's in the business of illegal drug sales. On the brighter side, Cabral had excellent taste in video cameras, providing detectives with high quality video evidence of his illegal activity, plus bonus footage. The Martin County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit along with the SWAT Team served a search warrant at the home located at 85 Norfolk Ave. early this morning. Inside, detectives found crack cocaine, hydromorphone, and drug paraphernalia. Six surveillance cameras were mounted throughout the property, each recording round the clock activity. One of those cameras was pointed directly at a shed in his yard where he stored some of the illegal narcotics. The other cameras were pointed at the entrance and exit points of the property, capturing weeks worth of customers. Detectives will now go through the footage to see who will be featured in future booking photos. Meanwhile, Cabral was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine, possession of Hydromorphone and possession of drug paraphernalia. His girlfriend, 20-year old Julie Rembert, who was also in the home at the time, was arrested for possession. Both were transported to the Martin County Jail.
Posted by Martin County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, September 28, 2017
Cabral’s girlfriend, who was at the home when authorities raided it, was arrested on drug possession charges.
Julie Rembert, 20, and Cabral were transported to the Martin County Jail.
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