The Lakeland Police Department, operating on a tip from a citizen, arrested two suspects and recovered property that had been taken in a burglary to a residence. The incident began when a citizen reported they had seen what appeared to be guns being transferred from one vehicle to another in the parking lot of a business in Lakeland. Acting on this tip, police made contact with the occupant of one of the vehicles and found jewelry and guns that had been taken in a residential burglary on April 20th, 2009, at 16 Lake Hollingsworth Drive in Lakeland. When police stopped another vehicle involved, they found additional property taken from the same burglary. Police also found that suspects, Jamel Alexander Stewart, age 19, and Darrius Marquis Hayes, age 21, were wanted in regard to a robbery that had occurred in Volusia County.
This case is still under investigation. Anyone with information regarding this burglary is asked to contact the Lakeland Police Department at 863.834.6900. No additional information will be released today regarding this case. Media inquiries should be made to Sergeant Terri Smith, 863.834.6917.
Sergeant Terri Smith
