This could have turned out very badly.
This man is deranged and thank god Deville had her alarm on. We have also confirmed via court documents that Mandy Rose was with her as well.
Here is the stalker explaining his plan.
The State Attorney’s Motion for Pretrial Detention obtained by 8 On Your Side describes the defendant’s obsession with the wrestler and it offers new details about his plot to capture her inside her home.
For up to five years, prosecutors said Thomas sent messages to the wrestler’s social media accounts that expressed “his deserve to meet with the victim” and “of a progressively more threatening manner.”
Over time, prosecutors said he “had become more agitated when the victim did not respond.”
According to the court document, Thomas sent at least one of the messages while either walking from the Idlewild Baptist Church to the house or from “the lanai or patio itself.”
After having his Miranda rights read, Thomas “admitted that his intention was to take (the victim) hostage” by spraying pepper spray, binding her hands with zip ties and “wrapping duct tape around her arms to prevent her from fighting back.”
When deputies arrested Thomas around 2:45 a.m. Sunday, they said they found him with the aforementioned items in his possession.
According to the court document, Thomas also told HCSO detectives he wanted to stop Deville from attending an upcoming event and that he would not let her leave her home “without answering all of his questions.”
He needs to be held without bond.
If he is released he likely is going to try again.
Flip the page for a video of this story, Deville speaking on the incident and the disturbing messages.