Car Thieves caught
LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — An 18-year-old and two others were arrested after a series of car burglaries plagued a Lake Worth Beach community.Ronaldo Gustavo Gabriel Ramirez was arrested for 38 counts of burglary of an unoccupied conveyance. The arrest followed a coordinated surveillance operation by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO) South Florida Task Force.
The arrest took place early Thursday morning at around 1 a.m., after authorities observed Ramirez and two accomplices engaging in a series of vehicle burglaries across multiple residential parking lots in Lake Worth Beach.
PBSO agents began surveillance on a 2016 silver Mercedes suspected of being involved in criminal activity. The vehicle was tracked to the parking lots of 2020 and 2021 Sunset Avenue, where Ramirez and one of the accomplices were seen getting out of the car and pulling on the door handles of vehicles in the parking lot. PBSO said another person remained in the vehicle, acting as a lookout and getaway driver.
According to the arrest report, the suspects moved through the area, targeting vehicles in the parking lots of Lake Osborne Drive buildings. They attempted to open doors on 38 vehicles, successfully entering three. The group was later apprehended at a Wawa convenience store on South Congress Avenue after agents conducted a takedown inside the business.
