OCALA, Fla. – Four men face charges after breaking into cars in at least three counties and making off with more than $100,000, according to Ocala police.
Officers arrested three of the men as they were breaking into a vehicle in Ocala, according to a Facebook from the department.
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Investigators said the men have broken into cars in other Florida counties. The accused crooks would watch people leaving banks with cash, then follow them to a second location and break into their car after the victim walked into a store, according to the post.
Juan Carlos Usman Bahamon, 39, is facing a burglary conveyance charge and a resisting without violence charge.
Carlos Alberto Patino, 25, is facing a burglary conveyance charge and a resisting without violence charge.
Andrews F Pena Lopez, 33, is facing a burglary conveyance charge, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer charge, grand theft charge and resisting with violence charge.
Jose Julian Saaverda Urrea, 44, is facing a burglary conveyance charge and a resisting without violence charge.
Police said deputies with the Marion County, Osceola County and Hillsborough County Sheriffs’ Offices have been investigating these crimes.