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Taylor Burglary Nearly Was Called Off
Sean Taylor was shot in his home on Nov. 26 and died the next day.
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Mitchell, Charles Wardlow and Hunte appeared in Miami-Dade court Tuesday and were denied bond. Rivera arrived from Fort Myers a day later and also was denied bond. All are scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 21.
Taylor, 24, did not accompany the Redskins to their game against Tampa Bay on Nov. 25 because he had a knee injury. He instead flew to Miami from Washington on Nov. 24. The day before the early-morning break-in on Nov. 26, he bicycled about 30 miles from his home to his girlfriend's parents' house on Key Biscayne, according to accounts of family and friends.
He returned to his home with his girlfriend, Jackie Garcia, and their 18-month-old daughter, Jackie. They went to bed early and were awakened by the intruders after midnight. Garcia, who huddled with their daughter in Taylor's bed as he confronted the intruders with a machete, and the girl were not injured. Two shots were fired, one striking Taylor's upper thigh and the other a wall. The intruders fled after the shots were fired, and Garcia called 911 at 1:46 a.m. The defendants were arrested five days later in Fort Myers.
The attorneys for Hunte and Wardlow said their clients had no involvement in the prior burglary, and Hunte's attorney, Michael Hornung, said Hunte had never been in the house previously. Hornung has claimed that his client was the "least culpable" of the foursome.
Wardlow's attorney, David Bremer, declined further comment.
Rivera's attorney, Wilbur Smith, said he had no information on who participated in the prior burglary.
The New York Times first reported Thursday that at least two of the defendants had been involved in the earlier burglary. Memorabilia from Taylor's football career and money were found in the house of one of the defendants, the paper said.
