Deputies: Prowler Caught Burglarizing Cars For Drug Money
Joshua Whittle, 30, was arrested on burglary and loitering charges after multiple neighbors alerted authorities to a suspected prowler early Sunday morning in Dunedin.
A Dunedin man caught prowling and taking items from cars intended to sell them for drug money, authorities say. Joshua Whittle, 30, of New York Avenue in Dunedin, was apprehended with the help of a deputy K9. Deputies received multiple calls beginning at 5:12 a.m. Sunday from residents in the Lotus Drive, Falcon Road and Sea Spray Lane areas. The residents told deputies they saw a stranger both trying to get inside and taking items from cars that were parked outside, Pinellas County Sheriff's spokeswoman Cecilia Barreda said. The suspect had fled each of the areas by the time deputies arrived on each of the calls, but a K9 deputy was able to track the suspect's backpack, which had been stashed in some bushes on San Christopher Drive. About…
Reanne Moore
4:58 am on Monday, November 12, 2012
If you don't know him don't talk about him!!!! more ›