PALM COAST, Fla. – The Flagler County Sheriff's Office on Friday issued an alert to residents as deputies searched for two men.
Deputies said the investigation began at 7:01 a.m. when they received a report of a vehicle burglary at 17 Burning Bush Drive.
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As authorities were canvassing the area, they said they found a vehicle that had been reported stolen out of St. Johns County. When they searched it, they found a laptop inside that had been reported stolen from Burning Bush Drive.
Residents continued to call 911, reporting two males walking up to cars and knocking on doors and windows of homes, a news release said.
Deputies said they set up a perimeter on the ground and had the Sheriff's Office helicopter searched overhead as K-9s tracked the suspects -- all while residents continued to report sightings.
The K-9s forced the two males out of the a wooded area and they were arrested, a news release said.
Willie Rollins III, 17, and Leo Rollins, 18, were arrested at the scene, records show.
“This juvenile recently told us he wanted to turn his life around and here we are again for the same crimes,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said. “This is another example of the broken juvenile system of ‘catch and release.’ We need a stronger state system to deal with juvenile criminals so they don’t end up as a criminal offender for life.”
Leo Rollins was charged with grand theft auto, residential burglary, burglary of a conveyance (auto), principal to commit burglary of a conveyance (auto) and resisting arrest without violence.
Willie Rollins III was charged with grand theft auto, principal to commit burglary of a conveyance (auto), principal to commit burglary of a residence and resisting arrest without violence. Deputies said he had been arrested 10 days earlier on similar charges.