On September 21, 2022, just before 4:00pm, Mesa Police Officers responded to 7-11 at Gilbert and Main for a stabbing. Officers learned that a man had entered the store and took a drink without paying for it. When the employee confronted the man outside of the business, the man pushed the employee to the ground and began to hit and kick him repeatedly. The man then pulled out a knife and stabbed the employee before leaving the scene and walking into McDonalds.
Officers went
to McDonalds and found that the man had already left the restaurant and went to
the light rail platform. They also learned that while in the restaurant, the
man entered the employee area, took a cup, and filled it at the drink station.
He was confronted by a manager and pepper sprayed by a customer before leaving
with the drink he did not pay for.
Video
surveillance was obtained from 7-11, McDonalds, and the light rail.
While watching
the 7-11 video, officers noticed that that the man had thrown a white water
bottle with black writing on it in the trash can just in front of the store
before walking inside. The water bottle was collected and submitted as evidence
for analysis.
On November
9, 2022, the Mesa Crime Lab reported that DNA obtained from the collected water
bottle was found to match DNA entered in CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) for
31-year-old Jody Naputi.
Officers
compared Jody’s MVD photo to all the surveillance videos and confirmed Naputi
was the suspect in both incidents.
On December
7, 2022, Naputi was located in the 600 block of south 93rd St Mesa,
AZ and was taken into custody without issue.
Jody Naputi
was booked into jail for the following charges and held on a $100,000 bond:
ARS
13-1904A2; Armed Robbery, a class 2 felony
ARS
13-1506A1; Burglary in the 3rd Degree, a class 4 felony
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| Jody Naputi Mug Shot |
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