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Cremains mistaken for drugs
Suspected burglars mistake ashes for cocaine

SILVER SPRINGS, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Marion County Sheriff's deputies on Tuesday arrested five burglary suspects stemming from an investigation which began last month.

The victim in the burglary said she returned to her home on Locust Lane in the Silver Springs Shores to discover that several items were missing. Some of the items included electronics and jewelry, but what she found most troubling, was the theft of her late father's ashes and the ashes of her two Great Danes.

During the investigation, detectives learned that the ashes were taken because the suspects mistook the cremains for either cocaine or heroin. It was soon discovered that the suspects snorted some of the ashes believing they were snorting cocaine.

According to detectives, the suspects realized they had the remains from the dogs and the victim's father, so the suspects got rid of the ashes.

Arrested were Waldo Soroa, 19, who faces seven charges and has a bond of $17,000, Matrix Andaluz, 18, who faces six charges and has a bond of $11,500, and Jose David Diaz Marrero, 19, who faces four charges and has a bond of $9,000. There are two juvenile suspects facing charges which include attempted residential burglary and impairing a phone line to the home.

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpps/news/california/011811-Cremains-mistaken-for-drugs_11491640

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Waldo Soroa, 19 (left), Jose David Diaz Marrero, 19 (center), and Matrix Andaluz, 18 (right)
 
They snorted dawg? new drug, I feel bad for the woman though losing her loved ones ashes...
 
One of the three men accused of stealing human and canine ashes from a house in Silver Springs Shores in late 2010 and snorting them was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison.

Authorities believe Jose David Diaz-Marrero, 20, was involved in a string of burglaries in the Shores between December 2010 and January 2011.

He and Waldo Soroa, 21, and Matrix Andaluz, 19, allegedly burglarized a home in the area on Dec. 15, 2010, and took urns that contained the cremated remains of Holli Tencza’s father and her two beloved Great Danes, Samson and Epic. They also reportedly stole about $1,500 worth of jewelry, a laptop, a DVD player and a 42-inch flat-screen television.

Detectives investigating the case said the men told them they thought the urns contained crushed pills and decided to taste and snort the contents. After the men saw a story published in the Star-Banner, they realized what they had allegedly snorted were the remains of a woman’s father and her two dogs.

Diaz-Marrero pleaded guilty in June to four burglaries.

In court Friday, wearing a white collared shirt and a silver tie, he said was remorseful for his actions as he spoke before Circuit Judge Sandra Edwards-Stephens.

“I recognize that I’ve made a big mistake,â€￾ he said.

He said he woke up every day thinking about what he did.

“I wish the victims were here so that I could tell them how sorry I am,â€￾ he said.
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Upon his release from prison, Diaz-Marrero will be placed on six years probation, during which he will have to pay more than $20,000 in restitution to the victims in the cases, including $9,000 to Tencza.

Tencza’s two purebred Great Danes were shot and killed by a neighbor in August 2010 after he reportedly felt threatened by them while working in his garage, according to reports.

The State Attorney’s Office did not press any criminal charges, but the shootings caused an uproar in the community.

The remains of Tencza’s father and those of one of the dogs were found in a lake shortly after her home was burglarized, and were returned to her. Detectives went to another home in the Silver Springs Shores area to look for the second dog’s remains. There they met with the homeowner who told them that she had unwittingly thrown out the ashes thinking it was a plastic bag of concrete mix.

In previous interviews, Diaz-Marrero and Soroa said they committed the burglaries because they needed money, but both also said they wanted to return the items.

Andaluz pleaded guilty in June to the burglaries and was sentenced to nine years in prison and 12 years of probation.

Soroa’s cases are still pending.
http://www.ocala.com/article/20121207/ARTICLES/121209771
 
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