It’s open season on hurricane looters, thieves and scam artists, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced at a media briefing Thursday afternoon outside Madeira Beach City Hall.
Standing alongside a pair of easels displaying more than 40 mug shots, Gualtieri said that 45 people were arrested in barrier island communities between Oct. 2 and 23, on 68 different charges. These included armed robbery, burglary, loitering, grand theft, vandalism and trespassing.
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