Report: Facebook Marketplace ads lead deputies to home burglary suspects

Three home burglary suspects were arrested Monday after Marion County deputies say they stole several expensive items from a person’s home and immediately tried to sell them on Facebook.

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Deputies were called to a home on 129th Ave. in Silver Springs Monday for an investigation into a home burglary and stolen property.

Investigators determined the then unknown suspects had forced their way into the home at approximately 8:30 a.m. that day and stole two gaming consoles and a safe containing prescribed cannabis products.

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In all, deputies say the stolen property was valued at more than $2,500.

Investigators say they reviewed video from a neighbor’s security camera that shows a blue, four-door passenger car with front-end damage pass by the front of the victim’s home before pulling around the corner from it. Two black men are then seen running from the truck towards the home.

Deputies say the truck is then seen pulling back in front of the victim’s home before the two suspects run back to the car while carrying what appears to be the stolen property. Both men then get into the car and the suspects leave the area to the north.

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