What happened: A man is accused of committing a series of vehicle burglaries, and stealing a Honda Accord, according to the West Palm Beach Police Department.
Background: WPBPD says that Jamal Jay Vilsaint, 20, was taken into custody following a string of car burglaries, including a stolen 2015 Honda Accord earlier this week. The Honda had been reported stolen the day before, according to the affidavit.
Surveillance showed Vilsaint riding with a 13-year-old passenger. WPBPD says that the two had walked around an apartment complex on Brandywine Road, trying several car door handles.
They also entered multiple vehicles in another nearby complex. The 13-year-old was taken into custody on the golf course, and Vilsaint was found in a nearby storage shed.
WPBPD says Vilsaint allegedly admitted to investigators that he took the Honda the day before because the keys were left inside, he also allegedly admitted to burglarizing other vehicles that night. Vilsaint is now being charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle, three counts of unarmed burglary of an unoccupied conveyance, driving without a valid license, resisting an officer without violence, and violation of felony probation.
The available details are limited to the information verified at publication time. Readers should expect updates as the matter develops.
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Source: official sources including CBS12 News.
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