Two 19-year-old suspects have been arrested in a series of burglaries that included the theft of firearms, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.
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According to authorities, the burglaries began in early August and “plagued multiple neighborhoods, including gated communities.”
The sheriff’s office said detectives “identified commonalities that ultimately led them to” 19-year-old Stephen Ivan Morris and 19-year-old Shaun Alexander Bilbrey.
Martin County deputies along with the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office served simultaneous early morning search warrants at Morris’ home on Southeast Marseille Street and Bilbrey’s home on Southwest Lake Fern Circle, both in St. Lucie County.
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Authorities said they found multiple stolen firearms and closed “at least 13 cases.”
Both men were charged with multiple counts of grand theft, armed burglary, larceny, and traveling to commit burglary.
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They were booked into the Martin County Jail.