Lady Lake police arrested several teens on Jan. 20 in connection with two commercial burglaries and an attempted vehicle break-in at The Quarters apartment complex.
Officers were at the apartment complex on an unrelated call when Officer Ryan O’Neal saw two juveniles who matched descriptions from recent burglaries at Lady Lake Discount Beverage, 207 S. U.S. Highway 27/441, and a nearby vape shop.
In the first burglary, suspects smashed the front door of Lady Lake Discount Beverage and stole alcohol and vape products. In the second, suspects forced entry into the vape shop and stole lighters and vape merchandise.
O’Neal recognized the two juveniles from surveillance video reviewed earlier in the investigation and detained them. Detectives later interviewed the suspects and confirmed their involvement in both burglaries.
Later that day, a police officer from a neighboring jurisdiction reported seeing several juveniles attempting to open car doors in The Quarters parking lot. Officers watched as the group tried door handles on a Kia sedan and attempted to pry a rear window with what appeared to be a screwdriver.
Police located three of the juveniles nearby and took them into custody on loitering and prowling charges.
Because the suspects are juveniles, their names are not being released.
The investigations remain ongoing and no additional information is available at this time.