INVADER NEWS: Almost All Heartless Looting Suspects — 41 of 45 — Arrested in Florida County After Hurricanes are ILLEGAL Migrants: Sheriff; Florida Deputies Arrest Dozens of Illegal Immigrants Allegedly Caught Looting from Hurricane Milton Victims

Almost all heartless looting suspects — 41 of 45 — arrested in Florida county after hurricanes are illegal migrants: sheriff:

Nearly all of the heartless looters busted in one Florida county following hurricanes Helene and Milton were illegal immigrants, according to local authorities.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said this weekend that 41 of the 45 alleged looters rounded up on armed robbery, burglary, loitering, grant theft, vandalism and trespassing charges on their turf in the wake of the two deadly storms are in the US illegally, Fox News said in a report.

The sheriff’s office also said that another 196 people were caught in the area under suspicious circumstances and questioned by deputies but had to be released due to lack of probable cause — with 163 of those individuals found to be in the US illegally.

“A lot of these people were in the area to take others’ properties and our efforts prevented additional crimes from occurring,” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said at a press briefing.

“As the Pinellas beaches recover, were gonna continue these patrols and arrest everyone we can who is stealing from the vulnerable of two back to back storms that have devastated our community.”

The two massive storms slammed the Florida coast earlier this month in back-to-back disasters, causing millions of dollars in damage and killing more than a dozen people in Pinellas County alone. —>READ MORE HERE

Florida deputies arrest dozens of illegal immigrants allegedly caught looting from Hurricane Milton victims:

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said the suspects are facing numerous charges, including armed robbery and grand theft

More than 100 people, including at least 41 illegal immigrants, have been arrested in Florida for allegedly looting and scamming victims of hurricanes Helene and Milton, local law enforcement officials said.

Looting patrols in Pinellas County over the last three weeks rounded up 45 suspects on 68 charges that included armed robbery, burglary, loitering and prowling, grand theft, vandalism and trespassing, according to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri.

“They’re going into people’s homes, they’re taking stuff, they’re rummaging through their things,” Gualtieri said.

Another 58 suspects were arrested in an operation allegedly targeting unlicensed contractors. Gualtieri said their scams mostly involved billing victims a total of $250 million for repairs they never intended to do.

“This is the epitome of people trying to exploit others when they’re down and when they’re out, and they’re trying to rebuild and they’ve got nothing,” Gualtieri said.

Of the 45 suspects arrested by anti-looting patrols across the Pinellas County barrier islands, at least 41 of the suspects are illegal immigrants, Gualtieri said at a press conference Thursday. He said nearly all of the suspects were from South America or Central America.

Suspects arrested in the contracting scams typically offered to do projects, including plumbing, roofing and electrical work, charging a total of more than $250 million. —>READ MORE HERE

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