Two state prison inmates assigned to a City of Palm Coast work crew were identified as suspects in a backyard burglary after a local resident captured their suspicious behavior on home security cameras.
On April 22, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a resident regarding two men seen behind her home, which backs up to a city-maintained drainage swale. The homeowner had been alerted by motion-activated cameras while away and later reviewed video footage showing two separate incidents involving men in high visibility safety vests.
In the first incident, a man later identified as Gino Carnesi was seen walking up to the resident’s screened patio. He looked inside briefly, made a motion with his hands, and left.
Roughly an hour later, a second man, identified as 33-year-old inmate Jay Working, entered the patio. He remained inside for less than a minute before running out. The homeowner later discovered a pack of cigarettes and a lighter missing from the patio area.
An investigation determined both men were inmates from Putnam Correctional Institution, working as part of an inmate work crew contracted by the City of Palm Coast. Both had prior convictions related to burglary and theft.
On April 30, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Jay Working, charging him with Burglary of an Unoccupied Dwelling and Petit Theft from a Dwelling (with Prior Conviction). A detainer was placed on him at Putnam Correctional Institution. He is scheduled for release on May 31 and will then be transferred to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility.
Working is currently serving time for a 2023 arrest in Levy County for Possession of Methamphetamine and Fleeing and Eluding Law Enforcement. His record includes convictions in Dixie County for Burglary of an Occupied Dwelling, Grand Theft, Possession of a Weapon by a Convicted Felon, and other charges.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly clarified that the inmates were not affiliated with the sheriff’s office work crew program and were under state supervision. The Florida Department of Corrections has since placed both inmates in disciplinary confinement and removed them from the work crew program.
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