Deputy Pedro Garcia was on patrol at 11:30 p.m. when he sawa green Mazda 626 with a tag light out. He saw the car stop at the Tom Thumbconvenience store at the 102 mile marker; two people got out and went into thestore. They then exited the store quickly and got into the car. The cartraveled a short distance to the Circle K convenience store. The occupants wentinto the store, then exited quickly getting back in the car and leaving theparking lot northbound.
The deputy followed the car, intending to pull it over tocheck on its occupants. The car suddenly pulled off the highway, into the Twin Lakessubdivision. A few minutes later, Deputy Garcia found the vehicle abandoned.
Back up deputies responded and began searching theneighborhood. They detained several subjects who were walking around the area and could not explainwhy they were there. The subjects detained included three juveniles, an 18 yearold Key Largo teen and 20 year old Evelio Monteagudo of Tavernier.
A check on the vehicle revealed it was stolen from Miami.Upon questioning, the teens all said Monteagudo was driving the car and theywere all passengers. They said they stopped at the two stores to purchasecigarettes, but were unable to because they had no identification. They alladmitted to smoking marijuana in the car while Monteagudo was driving. Aplastic bag with marijuana inside was found in one of Monteagudo’s pocket.
Monteagudo was arrested. He was charged with grand theft ofa vehicle, driving with no license and possession of marijuana and he wasbooked into jail.
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