BOCA RATON – Boca Police have arrested a suspect in connection with multiple burglaries, a police report says.
The capture of Paul G. Rogers, 56. who listed no permanent address, took place following an investigation of a burglary August 24 at an apartment on South Ocean Boulevard.
The report said officers met with the resident who had just returned from vacation. The victim told officers that when she returned home, she discovered numerous items from were stolen from her apartment and subsequently sold at a local antique shop. The victim and the antique shop employee were able to determine a friend of hers, identified as Paul Rogers, had sold her belongings.
The victim told officers she gave Rogers, whom she met about six weeks ago, a key to her apartment, in case of an emergency. Detectives confirmed with the antique store employee that Rogers was the person who sold him the victim’s belongings.
On August 29, detectives spoke with Rogers, who was in the Palm Beach County Jail on unrelated charges. The police report said Rogers admitted to entering the victim’s home while she was out of town. He also said he took and sold her belongings.
The report says detectives also linked Rogers to a burglary to a Mobil gas station that occurred on July 18. At about 2 a.m., officers found several windows of the gas station, located at 1 East Camino Real, smashed out. The scene was processed and several latent prints were recovered. One print was later identified as belonging to Paul Rogers.
Detectives charged Rogers with one count of burglary for the Mobil gas station and burglary, grand theft, and dealing stolen property for the crime on South Ocean Boulevard, said police.