Crime & Safety

Car Thieves Hit Calusa Trace Neighborhood

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office seeks help in finding the suspects.

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office detectives are asking for the public's
assistance in identifying the suspects seen in the surveillance photo.

The suspects are described as two white or hispanic males, both 18-23 years old. One suspect is described as 5'11 - 6 feet and weighed about 180 pounds with a medium build, brown wavy hair and a goattee and mustache. He was last seen wearing a black and gray shirt, khaki shorts and black shoes.

The second suspect was 5'8-5'10 and weighed about 180 pounds, medium build with short brown hair. He was last seen wearing a yellow shirt and blue jean shorts.

On October 4, during the early morning hours the suspects entered four
separate unlocked vehicles within the Calusa Trace Subdivision, off Gunn Highway.

Once inside, the suspects removed several items from the vehicles, including a wallet containing several credit cards. Other items taken were a MP3 player, golf clubs and fishing rods. Once the suspects fled the scene undetected, they
conducted several transactions at various convenient stores within
Hillsborough County utilizing the stolen credit cards.

Anyone with any information reference these suspects is asked to call the
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at 247-8200 or anyone with any
information regarding the identity and whereabouts of these suspects and who
wants to be eligible for a cash reward is asked to call Crime Stoppers at
1-800-873-TIPS (8477), report anonymously online at www.crimestopperstb.com or text "CSTB plus your tip" to C-R-I-M-E-S (274637).

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