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Police are now looking for a man who proposed to a woman with a wedding ring he stole from another lover in Florida in the United States.
The suspect, identified as Joseph Davis, is now wanted on a felony charge of grand theft, Volusia鈥檚 Sheriff鈥檚 Office announced in a release via Facebook yesterday, Feb. 13.
Davis went by different names for his two girlfriends: he was Joseph Brown to one of them while he went by Marcus Brown to the other.
鈥淓arlier this year, the Orange City woman came forward and told detectives that she discovered her boyfriend was actually engaged to someone else. When she looked up the fianc茅e鈥檚 Facebook page, she noticed a photo of her wearing a wedding band and engagement ring that was identical to her own, from a prior marriage,鈥� police said.
鈥淲hen she went to check her jewelry box, she discovered her rings were missing. So were several other pieces of jewelry, including a diamond ring that belonged to her grandmother,鈥� they added.
The total value of property stolen by Davis was about $6,270 (around P300,000), according to the report.
When the victim, whose name was withheld, confronted Davis about the thefts, she also started contacting the 鈥渇ianc茅e鈥� from Orlando and was able to retrieve some of the stolen property.
鈥淭he Orlando fianc茅e described how 鈥楤rown鈥� had fooled her, too 鈥� even taking her to the Orange City girlfriend鈥檚 house while she was at work, claiming the house was his, and asking her to move in with him. She told detectives she packed up her apartment, disassembled her furniture and was ready to move until one day, he told her the deal fell through,鈥� police said.
When Davis eventually left the fianc茅e too and disappeared, her laptop and other jewelry also went missing, possibly making the two girlfriends both victims of theft committed by Davis.
鈥淏oth women reported they met 鈥楤rown鈥� on the same dating app, OKCupid, in 2015 and 2016. But neither had his real name. When detectives searched databases and shared photos of 鈥楤rown鈥� with other law enforcement agencies in hopes of identifying him, they came up empty,鈥� Volusia鈥檚 Sheriff鈥檚 Office said.
鈥淗owever, the fianc茅e remembered the name and address of a niece that 鈥楤rown鈥� had in North Carolina. With that information, detectives were able to track down a woman who turned out to be the sister of a Joseph Louis Davis, whose photos matched the photos provided by both victims,鈥� it added.
After doing a background check, authorities found out that Davis had a record as a convicted felon out of Oregon and North Carolina. He also has an active arrest warrant out of Oregon for a hit-and-run crash with injuries.
Police disclosed that Davis鈥� prior arrests include possession of fictitious ID, filing a false police report, domestic assault and possession of cocaine with intent to sell.
鈥淚n one of his out-of-state booking records from 2014, the jail listed a tattoo described as a cross with 鈥極nly God can judge me鈥� on his left arm 鈥� identical to the tattoo both victims described their boyfriend/fianc茅e as having,鈥� police shared.
Police are actively looking for Davis as his whereabouts and address are still unknown, as of this writing.聽 /ra
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