Deputies arrest three smash & grab vehicle burglary suspects following a preschool theft
202 views · Published 30 March 2017 · 0:27 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Tampa Bay 28 · 2017 · News & Politics
Deputies arrested two men and a woman suspected of committing multiple smash-and-grab vehicle burglaries in Pasco and Pinellas County. According to Pinellas deputies, on Wednesday afternoon Pasco County detectives were tracking a stolen cell phone taken during a smash-and-grab burglary. Pasco authorities notified their Pinellas counterparts the suspects were heading towards Pinellas County and were targeting vehicles in daycare center parking lots. Pinellas deputies were searching for the suspects when dispatchers received a call that a smash-and-grab burglary had just occurred at the Oak Crest Preschool at 1220 East Lake Road in unincorporated Tarpon Springs. A deputy on patrol quickly located the suspects' vehicle, a 2017 Chrysler van, parked near the intersection of McMullen Booth Road and State Road 580, in Clearwater. When deputies approached the van, all three suspects inside got out and ran off on foot. The Sheriff's Office used K-9 deputies and its Flight Unit to track down, locate and arrest 22-year-old Jorge Burleigh, 28-year-old Whitney Smith, and 38-year-old Reginal Williams.
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