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The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested two Miami men who were caught driving away with another man's boat and trailer, the office has announced. The victim's son saw the suspects towing his father's 15-foot Sailfish behind a white van on Friday night, June 27, and followed their vehicle as he called 911, a news release says. Deputies located the van headed southbound on Interstate 75 "at a high rate of speed and pulled the suspects over near mile marker 179," the release adds. The van was reported stolen in Miami, and the driver, Nivaldo Echevarria, 24, had only a Florida identifi- cation card following four convictions for driving with a suspended license, the release points out. His passenger was identified as Ricardo Fuentes, 48, who was wanted by the MIAMI MEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH BOAT AND TRAILER THEFT Nivaldo Echevarria/Contributed photo A stolen boat and trailer are shown hitched to a van, also reported stolen, that Sheriff's deputies pulled over at mile marker 179 on Interstate 75, the Sheriff 's Office reported. Contributed photo Ricardo Fuentes/Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader July 4, 2014 Page 108