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Sarasota News Leader September 6, 2013 Page 79 SOCIAL MEDIA ASSISTANCE LEADS TO ARREST OF SUSPECT Thanks to an "assist" from social media, a Lakewood Ranch man who was wanted by detectives with the Sarasota Police Department has been captured in Bluefield, VA, the Police Department reported on Aug. 30. A family member of Christopher Schenks saw the man's photo on the Police Department's social media sites, where Schenks was listed as wanted, and called Sarasota detectives, a news release says. Schenks was arrested and charged with local counts as well as counts in Bluefield, VA, the release adds. Detectives had been looking for Schenks since June 2012, the release notes. He is suspected of "stealing computer equipment from a girlfriend and selling it to a pawn store in Sarasota," the release adds. Schenks is facing charges of Dealing in Stolen Property and Fraud, as well as a charge related to making a false statement to a pawnbroker. Christopher Schenks/Contributed photo THREE BURGLARS CAUGHT IN THE ACT NEAR WILKINSON ROAD Members of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Tactical Anti-Crime (TAC) Unit arrested three burglars last week after being contacted about suspicious activity and then watching the men commit several crimes, the office has announced. A resident notified the Sheriff's Office about three young men possibly going through mailboxes near Wilkinson Road in Sarasota, a news release says. After patrol deputies were not able to confirm a crime had occurred, the release continues, "members of TAC conducted surveillance and saw the subjects enter a vehicle inside an open garage," then go behind another house and come out with a jar of coins. According to the report, an officer observed a man coming out of one Nelson Avenue house and walking to the end of the driveway, then look up and down the street. The officer talked with the man, who said he was working in his garage when his wife asked for help with something on their computer. He had been inside the house only a short time, the man said, when someone he later identified as Molnar knocked on the door, the report says. When the man went to the door, Molnar asked for some water and a ride. The man told the officer he and his wife gave Molnar water but declined to give him a ride, so Molnar left, the report continues.