FORT LAUDERDALE — A man and a woman are now charged in a string of burglaries that plagued the Victoria Park neighborhood over the last few months, police say, resulting in a loss of about $400,000 worth of items.
Rashad Corouthers, 33, and Bryanna Ingram, 31, had amassed a stash that included stolen watches, electronics, cash, luxury handbags, a gun, and a pair of diamond hoop earrings worth over $20,000, according to police, many of the items found at the home where the two were living.
Corouthers was originally arrested in December on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, then later charged with three counts of burglary and three counts of grand theft, Fort Lauderdale Police said in a news release. Ingram was arrested on charges of dealing in stolen property and grand theft.
Police began investigating after the first burglary was reported in September of last year, according to the release. The burglar had entered a home through a hurricane glass window while the homeowner was gone.
Over the next two months, residents reported seven more burglaries, all similar to the first one, leading detectives to believe they were related. Cash, jewelry, safe boxes, and designer purses had disappeared.
On Dec. 8, police conducted a traffic stop on Corouthers, who was driving, while Ingram was in the passenger seat. They found a stolen handgun on Corouthers that they later determined was stolen in one of the burglaries, initially arresting him on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Ingram, meanwhile, was carrying two purses that police said were stolen in a later burglary. The victim of that burglary identified the purses.
Detectives then searched the home where Corouthers and Ingram were living, as well as Ingram’s car, where they found the 8-carat diamond hoop earrings, “the single most expensive item taken during the burglaries.” A $250 headband was in the trash outside the house, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Ingram was arrested and charged on Jan. 3.
While Ingram is accused of theft and dealing in the stolen goods, Corouthers is charged with the actual burglaries, records show. He would break in by smashing through or opening rear doors, disabling WiFi cameras, according to a probable cause affidavit.
In one of the burglaries, detectives said he entered through a hurricane window and took purses, watches and jewelry worth over $250,000, though prosecutors later filed no information in the case.
Corouthers also has a history of domestic violence against Ingram, court records show, including burglarizing her own home. In June 2022, a judge issued a domestic violence injunction against Corouthers after Ingram said he had continuously harassed her, breaking into her home and stealing her things, including purses, pulling her own gun on her, putting water in her gas tank, and dousing her bed in Clorox.
Detectives are still actively investigating the burglaries. Anyone with information should contact Detective Shaun Horst at 954-828-5556 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.
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