Police say a Florida teenager took his mother’s car and drove to Savannah before he and a friend were caught breaking into cars at a hotel on the city’s south side.
Both Orlando-area teenagers were busted about 8 p.m. Tuesday near a hotel in the 17000 block of Abercorn Street and charged with second-degree burglary. Officers had received reports of suspects breaking into cars at a hotel in the area, and, after a search, found the alleged culprits at a second hotel nearby, said Sonny Cohrs, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman.
Apparently, one of the teens had driven away from Orlando in his mom’s 2012 Cadillac without her permission on Monday. The car was located by its tracking system, and it was towed at the owner’s request, Cohrs said.
The two teenagers’ trip ended at Savannah’s Regional Youth Detention Center.
Anyone with additional information on the case is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020.