Police Arrest Verizon Cell Phone Burglary Suspects
PALM BAY, Florida -- At approximately 5 a.m. on Saturday, Palm Bay patrol officers responded to a burglary alarm at a Verizon Wireless store located at 1109 Malabar Road in Palm Bay, Florida.
When officers
arrived, they discovered that the front door of the business was shattered. Because of the
type of business targeted in the burglary, Sgt. Boyd Williams
immediately sent officers to other cell phone stores in the area -
including a Sprint store located in the Hammock Landings mall at 225
Palm Bay Road in West Melbourne, Florida.
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The cell
phones, valued at more than $20,000, were later confirmed
to have been the ones stolen from the Palm Bay Verizon store. The three
suspects were subsequently charged in connection with the Palm Bay burglary.
“It
looks like these individuals drove in from Orlando looking for cell
phone businesses along the I-95 corridor,” said
Detective Danielle Featherston. “It appears they were after
high-dollar cell phones to turn around and sell on Craigslist and other
internet venues. We are working with other jurisdictions in the area to
determine if this same group may be responsible for
other crimes.”