UPDATE:

The suspect who committed these car burglaries (original alert is below) was charged by BSO deputies on April 23 after detectives from Coconut Creek PD saw the published reports and recognized the suspect as someone they had taken into custody on April 18 on unrelated charges.

The suspect is: Arthur Rivera W/M, d.o.b.12/18/81. He remains in custody

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Car Burglar Busy in Deerfield Beach>

14 Cars in One Night>

PIO 12-4-12

Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying a busy car burglar who broke into 14 cars in Deerfield Beach on April 15.

The suspect was captured on home surveillance video checking the doors of the vehicles parked in a homeowner’s driveway and looking inside them with a flashlight. When he couldn’t get inside those cars, he moved to the neighbor’s home.

At around 10 a.m. BSO units responded to 2330 Deercreek Trail when the occupant of the home noticed the garage door was open and all three vehicles had been ransacked (one inside the garage and two in the driveway). The burglar also stole a TV and iPod.

Fourteen vehicles were broken into at the Deer Creek Neighborhood on April 15 between the hours of 4 a.m. and 7 a.m.