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Dozens of Illegal Aliens Arrested in Florida for Looting in Aftermath of Hurricanes

Local law enforcement in a Florida county announced the arrest of over 100 people who committed looting and similar crimes in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, with at least 41 of these suspects being illegal aliens.

As reported by Fox News, police officers on patrol for looters in Pinellas County have made the arrests over the course of the last three weeks. A total of 45 suspects were arrested on 68 different charges, ranging from robbery and burglary to grand theft, vandalism, and trespassing.

“They’re going into people’s homes, they’re taking stuff, they’re rummaging through their things,” said Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri at a press conference announcing the arrests.

Another 58 were arrested for their involvement in a scam operation that preyed upon unlicensed contractors. The scammers would send fake bills to victims, demanding that they pay for repairs that they didn’t actually do; their fake bills collectively totaled $250 million.

“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 continued.

Of the 45 looters who were arrested, 41 were illegals, mostly from Latin America.

In addition, the sheriff’s office has made contact with at least 196 suspects who were roaming in beachside neighborhoods where they did not belong, but could not arrest them due to a lack of probable cause. Of those suspects, at least 63 were illegal aliens.

“So, we made contact with them and told them to get out,” said Gualtieri. “We’ve never seen anything of this magnitude before. We’ve never seen this influx of people from out of the area that are clearly just here to steal and to pilfer and to do bad things and to target these vulnerable people.”

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

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About Eric Lendrum

Eric Lendrum graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was the Secretary of the College Republicans and the founding chairman of the school’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter. He has interned for Young America’s Foundation, the Heritage Foundation, and the White House, and has worked for numerous campaigns including the 2018 re-election of Congressman Devin Nunes (CA-22). He is currently a co-host of The Right Take podcast.

Photo: Members of the Space Launch Delta 45 Hurricane Response Team lift an overturned dumpster following Hurricane Milton's landfall at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, October 10, 2024. Members of the SLD 45 HRT helped restore critical infrastructure damaged during the Category 1 storm that brought intense wind and minor flooding to the base. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Spencer Contreras)