Overview
- Deputies released surveillance and bodycam footage this week showing two men ambushing a couple in their Odessa driveway and later the arrest of one suspect during a traffic stop.
- Authorities say an Apple AirTag was taped under the couple’s SUV to track them home, and the assailants forced them into their garage before fleeing when the house alarm activated.
- Luis Charles, 26, was arrested on Oct. 8 in Tampa, and Odardy Maldonado-Rodriguez, 32, was taken into custody on Oct. 10 in Pasco County.
- Both men face multiple felony counts that include armed burglary, two counts of armed kidnapping, robbery with a firearm, false imprisonment, and illegal installation of a tracking device.
- Detectives say the AirTag’s purchase and registration information helped identify the suspects, and local reports cite jail records showing Charles also faces a sexual-battery charge and an ICE notification hold.