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Victoria Bekiempis

Florida: alleged burglars arrested after calling 911 for help moving belongings

Deputies did help the alleged burglars with the belongings and a ride – ‘but it wasn’t to the airport’, the sheriff’s office said.
Deputies did help the alleged burglars with the belongings and a ride – ‘but it wasn’t to the airport’, the sheriff’s office said. Photograph: Stelsone/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Sheriffs in Florida arrested two purportedly bumbling burglars after one allegedly called 911, intending to ask police for help moving belongings from a house they broke into, authorities said.

The chain of events started to unfold around 1am on Saturday in Kissimmee, about 20 miles from Orlando. A Dollar General discount store was burglarized and “multiple items stolen” the Polk county sheriff’s office said, documenting the alleged incident in an arrest affidavit and a Facebook post.

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