Anna Maria residents are resting easier tonight after Manatee County Sheriff's Office investigators arrested two suspected burglars.
Officers hope the arrests will put an end to a recent rash of break-ins in Anna Maria that has city officials and residents worried. Manatee sheriff's spokesman Dave Bristow said detectives believe two 18-year-old men arrested in the process of breaking into a well-known Anna Maria restaurant Tuesday may have been hitting homes and businesses across all of Anna Maria Island.
Authorities arrested John O'Keefe and Patrick Banker after a short chase when the men fled from the restaurant in the 100 block of South Bay Boulevard.
The Bradenton Herald reports that Bristow said the teens are suspects in at least six other other burglaries in Anna Maria and elsewhere in Manatee County. Bristow said Banker has been cooperative with detectives and has agreed to take deputies on a tour of places the pair has hit.
Bristow said city police departments on Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key are also looking into whether the pair committed burglaries.
Well done officers, we thank you for making our homes and businesses safe once again.
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