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Sarasota News Leader December 7, 2012 Page 55 TWO ARRESTED FOR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested two Bradenton men in connection with two residential burglaries in the past week, but the investigation is continuing, according to a news release. During a traffic stop on Friday, Nov. 30, deputies found a jewelry box, burglary tools and prescription drugs in a blue 2002 Grand Marquis driven by Jeremy Maxwell, 30, of 5506 16th Street W., Bradenton, and occupied by Michael Mullins, 22, of 5318 Seventh Avenue Drive W., Bradenton, the news release says. The vehicle matched the description given by a victim whose home on Woodbirch Place had been broken into that day and a victim whose Cedarwood Drive home was burglarized on Nov. 26, the release adds. Both of those incidents were in Sarasota County. be from other burglaries; therefore, the investigation is continuing, the release notes. "Maxwell, who has an extensive criminal history in Sarasota County, is charged with two counts of Burglary, Driving with a Suspended License and being a Habitual Traffic Offender," the release says. Mullins, who is already on felony probation for Grand Theft in Manatee County, is charged with two counts of Burglary, two counts of Possession of Burglary Tools and Possession of a Controlled Substance, the release adds. The suspects reportedly targeted homes with open windows and broke in through the screens, the release points out. The Sheriff's Office is advising all residents to heed previous warnings to close and lock all windows when they leave homes unoccupied Most of the recovered property was identified and to be vigilant for people or vehicles that by both victims, but the remaining items could do not belong in their neighborhoods, particularly during the daytime. Michael Mullins/Contributed Jeremy Maxwell/Contributed