FLORIDA MAN WANTED AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF BREAKING INTO ELEVEN CARS AT MADISON’S BURN BOOTCAMP

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney John K. “Bubba” Bramlett announced today that Victor Andrew Ogiste, 29, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was convicted by a Madison County Circuit Court jury on Tuesday September 16, 2025 of eleven counts of auto burglary and one count of conspiracy after a two day trial. He is a non-violent habitual offender and faces up to 82 years without the possibility of parole for his crimes.

On October 13, 2023, officers with the Madison Police Department were notified that multiple cars located in the parking lot of Burn Bootcamp had been burglarized. All the victims had been attending the 5:00 a.m. workout class. Their car windows had been smashed, and various items were stolen including purses, wallets, bank cards and checkbooks. Officers immediately began reviewing surveillance videos and noticed a 2022 Toyota Rav4 enter the parking lot shortly before 5:00 a.m. An individual exited that car after the workout class began and, within a span of twenty minutes, broke into eleven vehicles, stole various items out of each car, returned to the passenger side and was driven away. Officers were able to obtain the tag number of the vehicle and uploaded it into their license plate reader system.

MPD was also made aware that on October 11, 2023 a Burn Bootcamp in Oxford, Mississippi had a similar occurrence where multiple cars were broken into during its 5:00 a.m. class using the smash-and-grab method used in Madison. The investigation led officers to a rented Airbnb in Hattiesburg. With the assistance of the Forrest County Sheriff's Office, investigators executed a search warrant on the house and vehicles in Hattiesburg. They located multiple items from both the Madison and Oxford burglaries including victims’ credit cards, driver licenses and other personal belongings.

Officers also discovered the suspected burglars were now driving a Chrysler 300 and were able to obtain that new tag number. Officers in Trussville, Alabama located the vehicle and made a traffic stop. Victor Ogiste, the driver, and two other individuals were located inside the car along with multiple cell phones. Investigators with MPD did forensic examinations of the cell phones and located one they attributed to Ogiste. They discovered that he had googled the locations of multiple Burn Boot Camps. His map location history also put him as the driver in the parking lot of the Madison Burn Boot Camp at the time of the burglaries. Finally, the case was turned over to the Madison County District Attorney’s Office where their in-house geolocation mapping expert examined the call detail records of the phone. Through the provided data of the various cell towers that the cell phones used, along with various license plate reader hits, and both photographic and GPS evidence found on Ogiste’s phone, the District Attorney’s office was able to prepare a map showing that Ogiste and multiple others had left Ft. Lauderdale several days prior, driven through the through Carolinas, Tennessee, and into Mississippi where they briefly stopped in Oxford. They then traveled to Hattiesburg and stayed overnight. Officers then tracked the suspects’ movements on the morning of the burglary to the parking lot of the Burn Boot Camp and back to Hattiesburg where they stayed briefly before heading towards Tennessee where they were eventually arrested in Alabama.

District Attorney Bramlett stated, “This began as multiple auto burglaries in the early morning hours with zero eye witnesses. If not for the persistence and hard work of the Madison Police Department, it would never have been solved. Using all sorts of investigative tools, MPD was able to follow what was essentially a series of bread crumbs until they were able to identify and gather evidence on a suspect. Thankfully, multiple law enforcement agencies from across the region were willing to work with MPD to help gather, not only additional evidence, but eventually the suspect and his cell phone which provided a treasure trove of data that allowed my office to map the geolocation data needed to solidify the case against Mr. Ogiste. I have no doubt that the suspects only reason for being in Mississippi, or any of the previous locations they had been in, was to break into cars. These men were professional thieves and without the work of MPD, they would probably still be out there smashing windows and stealing people’s belongings. We are lucky to live in a county where the police take these matters seriously and tirelessly attempt to solve crimes no matter how little they have to go on in the beginning.”

Ogiste had been scheduled for trial during a previous court appearance. He later informed his attorney he would not be returning for trial, and he in fact did not appear for his trial. He was tried in absentia, meaning he was not present for trial, but with proper legal representation. The Court found that Ogiste had knowingly and voluntarily absented himself and issued a bench warrant. His whereabouts are currently unknown. Once located, Ogiste will be brought back to Madison County Circuit Court to be sentenced: he faces a possible 82 years without the possibility of parole. His co-defendant also failed to appear in court, and warrants are out for his Arrest.

Defendant:

Name: VICTOR OGISTE

DOB: 12/10/1995

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