SPRING HILL, Fla. – Four Tampa men have been arrested and charged after being caught in a vehicle burglary spree in Spring Hill.
On Sunday, April 25th at 2:57 a.m., Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Nantucket Cove Apartments in Spring Hill in reference to a vehicle burglary.
The victim told deputies that he observed four males in the parking lot of the apartment complex wearing all black clothing acting suspiciously. The victim reported one of the individuals entered his vehicle.
A deputy responding to the area spotted the four individuals near the entrance to the apartment complex. Upon being spotted, the suspects ran into a nearby wooded area.
The deputy observed as the four males that got into a white vehicle and fled the area at a high rate of speed.
Deputies say they attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle as it headed south on Commercial Way. The driver of the vehicle, later identified as Jonathan Anetus, 17, eventually stopped near Wendy Court.
Deputies removed all four occupants from the vehicle and detained them at the scene.
In the vehicle, Deputies observed various dark-colored clothing including hoodies and gloves, and located multiple prying tools.
Various items such as a woman’s wallet, multiple cell phones, and two black pouches were located in the vehicle.
The victim responded to the scene and was able to identify the four suspects and provided video surveillance of the suspects in the parking lot of the apartment complex.
Additional vehicle burglaries were reported from victims at the apartment complex while the traffic stop was taking place.
Anetus and his three passengers, Ralphel Allen, 20, Jacquan Howard, 18, and Demetrius Nelson, 19,, who all reside in Tampa, were arrested in connection with the vehicle burglaries.
Allen, Howard, and Nelson were charged with five counts of Felony Burglary-Conveyance and five counts of Felony Possession of Burglary Tools.
The bond for Allen and Howard was set at $64,000 each. The bond for Nelson was set at $16,000.
Anetus was charged with three counts of Felony Burglary-Conveyance and three counts of Felony Possession of Burglary Tools.
Anetus, who is a juvenile, was released into the custody of a parent.