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Sarasota News Leader October 18, 2013 Page 85 MAN CHARGED IN BURGLARY AS A RESULT OF THE PUBLIC'S HELP The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested Jeffrey Paul Irwin, 49, of Lafayette, AL, after a member of the public saw a press release seeking help in identifying a person who allegedly used a stolen credit card at a Nokomis store, the office has reported. entered her garage through an unlocked side door and stolen her purse from the front seat of a vehicle in the garage, according to the report. The purse contained multiple credit cards, the report adds. Bank records showed the victim's VISA debit card was used to purchase two cartons of cigarettes and a soft drink at the CVS in Nokomis just after 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 19, the report adds. The Sheriff's Office had released video surveillance photos of a man making purchases at the CVS located at 1111 N. Tamiami Trail in Nokomis on Sept. 19, the same night the credit card was reported to have been stolen, Irwin was charged with Fraudulent Use of the report says. Credit Card and placed under $1,500 bond A resident at 128 Bayview Drive in Nokomis after he was arrested on Oct. 11 in downtown alerted the Sheriff's Office that someone had Sarasota, the report says. The public assisted the Sheriff's Office in identifying Jeffrey Irwin as the suspect in this surveillance photo. Contributed image Jeffrey Irwin/Contributed photo