An alert villager who noticed something out of the way called law enforcement.
The following cut and pasted from the online news;
Two men with Polish passports who tried to steal $40,000 worth of silverware Friday afternoon in the Village of Winifred are behind bars.
An alert resident spotted a suspicious Dodge Durango driving on Alistar Court in the Village of Winifred shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday.
A witness advised Sumter County sheriff’s deputies that he saw a suspicious person walking up to a home in the 400 block of Kingston Way. The homeowner arrived home and confirmed her residence had been burglarized and an estimated $40,000 worth of silverware was stolen.
The driver of the Durango attempted to evade a squad car by driving up and down streets before eventually being pulled over on Walden Way in the Village of Winifred.
The driver of the Durango was identified as 39-year-old Zenon Szynkler by his Polish passport. He told the deputy he was staying in a Tampa hotel and had been looking for a place to fish.
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The second suspect, 36-year-old Adamo Czerner was found by deputies inside Laurel Manor Recreation Center. He also had a Polish passport and told deputies he had dropped been off in the recreation center parking lot by a female who was going to look for a hotel room, then come back and get him.
The sheriff’s office’s blood hound tracking team had been on a track that led to the recreation center and stopped at the suspect’s feet.
Both men were placed under arrest and transported to the Sumter County Detention Center.
This morning, deputies retraced the blood hound track and discovered behind the residence a crow bar. They also discovered under some shrubbery a black bag with the stolen silverware inside.
The suspect’s vehicle was linked to an attempted burglary last week in The Villages. It is a rented car leased from Miami by an out-of-country person. The modus operandi fits similar burglaries The Villages had in February and March of 2015, said Lt. Bobby Caruthers.
“It is believed that this is part of a ring of ‘travelers’ who have been committing similar type crimes throughout the state,” Caruthers said.
The sheriff’s office earlier this week had warned residents about this type of activity. You can read about that warning
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