A man wanted in connection with a burglary on the other side of the state was arrested in Sarasota on Monday after the 2024 Mercedes-Benz he was driving was linked to a case in Brevard County.
Hector Hernandez, a 24-year-old Miami man, was charged with possession of burglary tools locally and was held without bond on an arrest warrant connected to several burglaries in the coastal county east of the Orlando area.
Locally, police were alerted to the presence of the Mercedes on city streets via the department’s Real-time Operations Center. Officers spotted the vehicle around 9:40 p.m. and stopped it near Orange Avenue and Ringling Boulevard.
According to Brevard County investigators, the man responsible for the burglaries in their area wore a black hoodie, black mask, black gloves, camouflage pants and dark sneakers with white soles. Video confirmed the description…