Two men were arrested in a stolen vehicle in Leesburg.
Lake County sherif’s deputies on Thursday were proactively patrolling in the area of County Road 473 when they observed a stolen vehicle reported out of Tavares. As deputies attempted to initiate a traffic stop, the vehicle immediately turned off on a side street and came to a stop. The driver, later identified as 36-year-old Darius Bentley, quickly exited the vehicle and began to walk away from it. Deputies converged on the vehicle and took Bentley into custody.
Once identified, deputies discovered that Bentley was wanted for unpaid child support and was driving on a suspended license. Additionally, deputies discovered that one of the two passengers remaining in the vehicle, 24-year-old Anthony Sweet Jr., had an active warrant for domestic battery by strangulation…