Boca Raton Cops Link Local Man, 22, to Car Thefts

Cournilius Travis Gissendanner (Photo: Palm Beach County Jail)

A 22-year-old man already facing charges in Broward County on separate cases has been linked by police to the alleged theft of a vehicle from an apartment complex parking lot in Boca Raton last year, a police report said.

Cournilius Travis Gissendanner,of Boca Raton, faces a grand theft of a motor vehicle charge in connection with the October 2025 incident involving a 2015 Hyundai Sonata, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in court this week. Gissendanner was charged with the Boca Raton offense Thursday and remains in the Palm Beach County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bond.

According to the report, a vehicle owner reported his car missing from the parking lot of an undisclosed apartment complex on Oct. 25, 2025. Surveillance video reviewed by the owner and property management allegedly showed the vehicle being taken around 11:25 p.m. the previous night. It reportedly returned to the lot multiple times, including on the afternoon of Oct. 25.

Video footage purportedly captured Gissendanner climbing into the driver’s seat of the already-parked Sonata around 3:16 a.m. on Oct. 25 and driving away, police said. He was described as wearing a white T-shirt and light-colored pants. Later footage allegedly showed him exiting the vehicle around 1:21 p.m. that day, walking through the building hallway in a white T-shirt with a logo, beige pants with holes at both knees, short hair with a hair pick, and carrying a bright red cloth. Investigators said latent fingerprints lifted from the vehicle’s exterior were identified as belonging to Gissendanner. He was already in the Broward County Jail when officers connected him to the case through additional investigation, including video comparisons and contacts with associates.

The Boca Raton case is also linked to a separate investigation involving an alleged theft or related activity with a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta on April 16, 2026, where video and witness descriptions also matched Gissendanner’s appearance, including clothing details like a white T-shirt, pants with knee holes, and distinctive flip-flops, as well as a Haitian flag that was being carried by the suspect. Charges from that incident are being filed separately.

Gissendanner was served with the warrant while in custody. He has not been convicted in the Boca Raton case, and the allegations remain pending in court. Names of the alleged victim and witnesses were withheld.