WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY DETECTIVES BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOLVED NUMEROUS CAR HOPPING INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE CAPE HAZE AREA LAST SUMMER. DEPUTIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD JUSTIN OWENS WAS ARRESTED BACK ON MARCH 2ND ON UNRELATED CHARGES WHEN DURING QUESTIONING HE ADMITTED HE AND TWO OTHER TEENS WERE INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS VEHICLE BURGLARIES TO UNLOCKED VEHICLES FROM JUNE TO AUGUST. THE TWO OTHER, 16 YEAR OLD COLTON DEVOE OF ROTONDA WEST AND 16 YEAR OLD TRAVIS NEFF OF GROVE CITY WERE CONTACTED AT LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOL LAST THURSDAY, AND NEFF ADMITTED THE THREE WERE INVOLVED. ALL THREE WERE CHARGED WITH TWO FELONIES OF BURGLARY TO AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AND GRAND THEFT. THESE CHARGES STEM FROM JUST ONE INCIDENT BACK IN JULY, IN WHICH A $500 DOLLAR GUITAR, A $300 DOLLAR XBOX 360 AND $340 DOLLARS CASH WERE TAKEN FROM AN UNLOCKED PICK-UP ON CAPE HAZE. DETECTIVES SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING, AND MORE CHARGES ARE EXPECTED ON THE THREE TEENS, AND THERE MAY BE MORE ARRESTS OF OTHERS INVOLVED. OWENS WAS RELEASED ON BOND, WHILE DEVOE AND NEFF WERE RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS. "
