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"Valued Customer" on the front, the release explains. Detectives also found multiple gift cards the men allegedly had purchased with the fraud- ulent cards, the release points out. Detectives identified the suspects as 54-year- old Carlos Bencomo of Texas and 46-year-old Longino Morgan-Terrero of Largo. They also determined the latter had a warrant for sim- ilar crimes in Hillsborough County. The men are charged with one count each of Criminal Possession of Personal Identification. The investigation is ongoing, the release says. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has charged an inmate at the Sarasota County Jail with two counts of Tampering with a Witness, the office has announced. "Dennis McGurk is awaiting trial for Capital Sexual Battery stemming from his arrest in December 2013 for crimes against young girls that occurred more than 10 years apart," a news release says. At a hearing in January, the judge modified the pre-trial conditions to prohibit direct or indirect contact with alleged victims or wit- nesses and listed the names of five women, the release continues. "[The judge] stated that there would be 'zero tolerance' for any violation," it points out. "In May, one of the women received a letter from McGurk begging her not to participate in his prosecution, saying, 'it will not make you feel better. Spare yourself,'" the release says. In a June phone call to his wife, McGurk said he started an "effective letter writing" cam- paign, the release adds. In July, McGurk wrote to his daughter and instructed her to mail something on his behalf to another woman protected by the order and provided the wom- an's out-of-state address," the release notes. McGurk is being held without bond. MAN IN JAIL FOR CHILD SEX CRIMES CHARGED WITH WITNESS TAMPERING Dennis McGurk/Contributed photo Sheriff's Office personnel recovered fraudulent credit cards from two men arrested on Aug. 4. Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader August 8 & 15, 2014 Page 85

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