Jacksonville, FL — Police are still going through dozens of stolen property at a home on Townsend Boulevard but police told Action News Jax reporter Meghan Moriarty, the men are facing grand theft charges, if not more.
Officers said they’ve found at least two stolen trailers and two stolen motorcycles, along with dozens of other pieces of property that they believe the suspects took.
Pictures show dozens of tools and work equipment inside one of the stolen trailers.
In the past few days, officers said they received several reports of people having similar property stolen, but haven’t had any tips.
It wasn’t until a sergeant noticed a truck that matched the description of a possible suspect’s car and followed it. This started a 24-hour watch where they saw the suspects casing neighborhoods.
Around 3 a.m. Wednesday, they received a search warrant for the home on Townsend Boulevard where one of the suspects lived.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and the Jacksonville Beach Police Department are working on the case together since there’s stolen property from both areas.
NEW: Jacksonville Beach police arrested two people in connection with a string of thefts at the beach. An alert sergeant saw a truck matching the description of the truck involved in trailer thefts. They tracked the truck here and made the arrests with JSO @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/Cwejgn6Rwx
— Brittney Donovan (@brittneyANjax) February 19, 2020
So far, they’ve recovered 2 stolen trailers with a lot of tools inside and 2 stolen motorcycles. The bikes were stolen out of Jacksonville. The truck the thieves were allegedly using to steal trailers was rented, that helped officers track the suspect’s identity @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/n840rbhHf2
— Brittney Donovan (@brittneyANjax) February 19, 2020
This is the rented truck police say the thieves were using to steal from families. Officers followed it around for 24 hours as the suspects allegedly cased other neighborhoods including Jax Golf and Country Club @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/8u3TEv0tE7
— Brittney Donovan (@brittneyANjax) February 19, 2020
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