Three Jasper County teenagers were arrested and charged as adults Tuesday following a string of burglaries that targeted Hispanic restaurants in the Hilton Head and Bluffton areas, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.
Pape Niang, 17, Mohamed Mbengue, 18, and Cheikh Niang, 19, were charged with second degree burglary and remain in the Beaufort County Detention Center.
Investigators revealed that the teenagers were targeting local Hispanic restaurants, hitting Santa Fe Café, Carlitos Mexican Bar & Grill and Fiesta Fresh Mexican Grill, and are continuing to examine whether they may be connected to other recent burglaries…