Lee County sheriff’s detectives have arrested a couple they say are suspects in dozens of vehicle burglaries in the Lehigh Acres area.
Michael Gonzales-Galas (DOB 8-3-83) and Sady Zaldivar (DOB 11-13-74), both of 511 Upstate Avenue, S., Lehigh Acres, face burglary, grand theft and fraud charges. Detectives say their take over a three-month crime spree includes more than fifty (50) designer purses, along with laptop computers, watches, credit cards and even a 15-horse outboard motor, stolen right off a boat parked alongside a residence.
Proactive work by deputies broke the case when they spotted a suspicious vehicle at the Shell gas station at the intersection of Loop Boulevard South and Homestead Road North. Inside the vehicle was Gonzales-Galas and Zaldivar, who consented to a search of the vehicle. During the search, deputies found items consistent with burglary tools including gloves, a flashlight and an empty backpack.
Good work guys.