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Sarasota News Leader January 10, 2014 Page 74 stolen and one home was ransacked, the robbery victims, the report adds. Johnson release adds. denied any knowledge of the property. While Johnson was at the Sheriff's Office for an interview on Dec. 13, a detective noticed "a large black suitcase" in the bed of his pickup truck, according to the report. The nametag on that suitcase was discovered to be that of one of the residential burglary victims, the report continues. After Johnson gave a verbal consent to a search of the truck, detectives found the suitcase to contain "different types of power tools and drill bits," the report says. Additionally, two Invicta watches were discovered behind the driver's seat; they also were identified as property of one of the Three days later, on Dec. 16, detectives confirmed that Moore had made a phone call from the county jail to Meyers — which was recorded — "instructing Meyers to get rid of the stuff" he had hidden at his residence, the report continues. Detectives escorted Meyers to the dumpster behind a movie theater in Venice, where they recovered the stolen property, the report says. Then, on Dec. 20, detectives used a search warrant to enter a storage unit rented by Moore Tools and other items reported stolen in Venice area burglaries were recovered in a storage unit, Sheriff 's Office detectives reported. Contributed photo