The Martin County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests of four people in connection with an October rooftop burglary at the Treasure Coast Mall. And investigators say the burglary was part of a multi-state retail theft operation.
Sheriff John Budensiek said Thursday that the suspects, all from Tampa, had carried out similar thefts in other parts of Florida as well as Georgia and Mississippi.
4 arrested in Treasure Coast Mall sneaker burglary
Dubbed Operation Stolen Soles, Budensiek said the men arrested, as well as others who have not yet been arrested, stole sneakers from other locations and led to a loss between $700,000 and $1 million.
Budensiek said the suspects spent seven hours inside the Treasure Coast Mall in late October, when they cut a hole in the rooftop above Champs Sports and lowered themselves into the store…