[Barefoot]

‘Zane The Pest Control Guy’ key to foiling Village of Amelia burglary

(Copied from the online newspaper)


“Zane The Pest Control Guy“ is being lauded as a hero by residents and law enforcement for placing two 911 calls that foiled a break-in Friday in the Village of Amelia.

Zane Henegar, 21, who works for FertiGator, was spraying a yard on Inner Circle when he spotted a white car that looked out of place.

“They kept cruising by. I knew something wasn’t right,” Henegar said.

He called 911 to report a suspicious vehicle.

“But I kept watching them,” Henegar said.

The white car and its two male occupants zeroed in on a home about 15 houses away from where he was working.

He saw one of the men walking in between two houses.

He called 911 again, this time to report a burglary in progress. He stayed on the line with the dispatcher until Sumter County sheriff’s deputies were on the scene.

They immediately apprehended Jeremy Benjamin, 20, who was in the car.

Derreon Ware, 20, took off on foot across a golf course. Helicopters, K-9 units, Lake County sheriff’s deputies and Lady Lake police officers all converged on the area, joining with Sumter County deputies in setting up a perimeter on Cherry Lake Road on the Lake-Sumter county line.

Ware slipped through, but was apprehended a few hours later at a home outside Leesburg.

The two suspects are now behind bars.

Law enforcement officers said the 911 calls were critical in making the arrests.

Villagers on Saturday were buzzing about “Zane The Pest Control Guy.”

Zane, a native of Ohio, worked all day Saturday at his job with FeriGator.

He is the son of Village of Virginia Trace resident Zina Fenster-Beasley and grandson of Orange Blossom Gardens resident Donna Fenster.

Tom and Jane Hoffman live on Inner Circle and are FertiGator customers. They know Henegar as “Zane the Pest Control Guy.”

They said Saturday they now are seeing him in a whole new light.

“It’s pretty amazing. That’s the way to be on the ball,” Tom Hoffman said.