The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Staff, Wire Reports
Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 07:24 PM
Florida Man Breaks Into Car Occupied By Tampa Police
A Florida man chose the wrong vehicle
to try to break into.
Surveillance video appeared to capture 49-year-old Stephen Titlan going
from car to car along a residential block in Tampa earlier this month.
Seven times he was stymied as the doors were locked.
The next day, Titland – who was already on felony probation for a
burglary and criminal mischief conviction – had more success when he
found an unlocked door.
The vehicle, however, was not empty.
It was an unmarked Pasco Sheriff’s Office vehicle and was occupied with
several members of the sheriff’s office’s Strategic Targeted Area
Response Team.
Analysts positively identified Titland as the same man from the
attempted burglaries the night before, authorities said.
The Pasco Sheriff’s Office shared a still from surveillance video
Thursday on Facebook and identified Titland as the suspect.
TItland was charged with seven attempted burglaries.
