LAKELAND, Fla. – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a motor vehicle theft that happened early Monday morning in the Copper Ridge neighborhood off of North Campbell Road in Lakeland.
Investigators say two suspects burglarized a vehicle and found a key fob inside of it which was for the victim’s other vehicle, a Ford F150. The suspects used the key and stole the F150.
Later, the suspects took the truck to a gas station and filled it up with gas, but they were unable to restart the truck, so they abandoned it.
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One of the suspects was captured on a store video paying for the fuel.
A witness described the man in the red hoodie as being Hispanic and the other suspect as a black male.
The suspects left in a gold car, possibly a Nissan Maxima or an Altima.
If you have any information about this case, please contact Detective Colletti at (863)577-1631 or cc7910@polksheriff.org (case #23-5238).
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