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Jesse Jendrick/Contributed photo The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested five local teens in connection with a string of residential and vehicle burglaries as well as three stolen vehicles, the office has announced. "Their recent crime spree was unraveled in just a matter of hours," a news release says. Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 1, the office's Crime Analysis Unit issued a bulletin showing someone using a credit card stolen in a vehicle burglary on April 28, the release continues. Soon after, deputies identified the suspect and his associates, it adds. By the end of the day, officers had taken them into custody, located stolen vehicles from Sarasota and Orange counties, and connected the suspects to 10 burglaries in Misty Creek and Heritage Oaks in Sarasota, the release points out. Detectives arrested Jesse Jendrick, 18; Stephen DeLoach, 18; and Francis Jerauld, 17, all of 3977 Vana Drive, Sarasota; Dinko Karajic, 18, of 5531 Briarcliff Drive, Sarasota; and David Perez-Ibarra, 19, of 4255 Webber Street, Sarasota. Jendrick, Jerauld, Karajic and Perez-Ibarra are facing 48 total charges, the release says. DeLoach was charged with one count of Grand Theft for the vehicle stolen in Orange County. "The investigation is con- tinuing and will result in additional charges," the release notes. "These arrests would not have happened without well-trained, dedicated law enforce- ment professionals who have a substantial knowledge of the local criminal element," said Sheriff Tom Knight in the release. "It is another example of our intelligence-led polic- ing model at its finest, with multiple areas of the agency working together to quickly resolve an emerging crime trend." Jendrick, Jerauld, DeLoach and Perez-Ibarra were charged with seven vehicle burglaries, three counts of Grand Theft Auto, one count of Burglary of an Occupied Dwelling and one count of Armed Vehicle Burglary. Karajic was charged with seven vehicle bur- glaries, three counts of Grand Theft Auto, one count of Burglary of an Occupied Dwelling and one count of Criminal Use of Personal Identification Information. FIVE LOCAL TEENS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH BURGLARIES Sarasota News Leader May 9, 2014 Page 95