A 65-year-old Minnesota man was arrested Friday after burglarizing multiple vehicles and boats in the Middle Keys.
Walter Tobias Lund, 65, of Virginia, Minnesota, was charged with multiple counts of burglary of a conveyance, burglary while armed, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, petit theft, grand theft of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, firing a weapon in public, and criminal mischief.
The Sheriff’s Office began investigating the burglaries in the area of Mile Marker 68 Friday morning, one in which a .380-caliber Ruger handgun and more than $2,400 in tools were stolen from a pickup truck.
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Surveillance footage and further investigation led to Lund as the suspect.
Further investigation, including the discovery of spent shell casings, showed Lund fired the stolen handgun after the theft near U.S. 1. There were no reported injuries.
Lund was found on the U.S. 1 bicycle path riding a bicycle reported stolen out of Long Key State Park.
He was taken to Monroe County Jail and booked on a $10,000 bond.
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