4. POLICE REPORT - January 2017 Report of Investigation 1/ 10/2017 Ben Sprague printed 01/25/2017 14:04 ***>l<****>l<****>l<***********>l<**************************** On December 14, 2016 the Altamonte Springs Police Department responded to The Lofts at Uptown Altamonte, 285 Uptown Blvd Unit 515 in reference to a person who jumped or fell from the fifth floor balcony. The person was later identified as James William Mulrenin. Mulrenin was initially transported to Florida Hospital Altamonte (FHA), however due to the severity of his injuries he was later transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC). Mulrenin suffered multiple injuries from the fall and a deep wound to the back of his left thigh which appeared to be a very deep stab wound or gunshot wound. Det. Ronnie Baker was tasked with staying with Mulrenin throughout his transport from FHA to ORMC. Officers located Mulrenin's apartment (Unit 515) where the door was found aj ar. Upon entering the apartment no one else was found inside and the rear sliding door was open. On the balcony a round table was tilted towards the sliding glass door. The Christmas net lights which previously hung on the left side of the railing were missing. There were lights on the right side of the railing that were similar to lights that were located on the ground next to Mulrenin. A large rug in the main room was bunched up towards the center. There was what appeared to be blood on the rug. A serrated knife was found on the couch and suspected blood was located on the carpet, on the right portion of the couch recliner, closest to the door and on the sliding glass door leading to the balcony. A roll of black duct tape was located partially under the couch along with a section of tape by the open glass slider balcony door that appeared to have been wrapped around something and torn off. The tape had suspected blood on the sticky portion. Several plastic/nylon zip ties were on the floor near the rug. There was a broken IPhone 7 Plus cell phone on the kitchen counter. This cellphone also had suspected blood on it and was later determined to be the property of Mulrenin. Crime Scene Investigator Alison Smolarek later located a projectile on the floor underneath Mulrenin's leather sectional couch on an additional search of Mulrenin's apartment (12/15/2016). The couch had a small puncture in the mid-section, consistent with that of a fired projectile. Upon further inspection of the apartment, CSI Smolarek located roughly thirteen thousand dollars in US currency, in the locked balcony closet. The money was located in a cardboard box which will be submitted into evidence. Please see her narrative for details pertaining to the evidence collected in Mulrenin's apartment. At approximately 0805 hours, Det. Athaide, OFC Uzzi and I made contact with a resident in unit 415, which is directly underneath Mulrenin's apartment. The resident identified himself as Jerome Ashcroft and stated the following: Ashcroft said on December 14, 2016 at roughly 0630 hours, he heard shouting coming from his apartment. Ashcroft advised he could not determine if it was more than one person. Ashcroft said he does remember furniture being moved around while this incident was going on. At one point Ashcroft remembers a stop in the shouting and heavy running to the balcony when he hears the ringing of the railing and then doesn't remember hearing anything after that. A copy of Aschroft's audio recorded interview will be attached to this report as BS1. Det. Athaide was tasked with obtaining closed circuit video surveillance footage that was provided by the Lofts at Uptown Altamonte. Det. Athaide was able to review video footage which indicated Mulrenin entered the parking garage of the Lofts at Uptown. Mulrenin is observed driving his dark colored Chrysler 300 and using his proximity card at 0429 hours on 12/14/2016 to gain entry. Mulrenin parks his vehicle on the second floor and travels up to his apartment located on the fifth floor. At 0449 hours, he returns to elevator A and takes it to the first floor service bay door. Mulrenin is seen on elevator A using his cellphone and carrying his lanyard that has his keys and proximity card attached to it. Mulrenin exits on the first floor and walks in the direction of Uptown Boulevard. 111- 16