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By Will Greenlee of the TCPalm
Posted: Dec. 10, 2015
Jaynard Bostwick
Mbombo Dikanda
PORT ST. LUCIE — A former St. Lucie West Centennial High School and University of Florida football player was one of two arrested in connection with a Wednesday vehicle burglary.
Jaynard Steven Bostwick, 21, and 20-year-old Mbombo Dikanda, both of Port St. Lucie, each were arrested on a burglary charge after an officer late Wednesday night reported spotting them burglarizing a car in the 1000 block of Southwest Alexandria Avenue, according to Port St. Lucie police.
Bostwick is an accomplished football player who graduated from St. Lucie West Centennial High School and played at the University of Florida on full scholarship. He left UF and enrolled in West Texas A&M where he played in three games this year.
Police were in the area after getting reports Tuesday of two vehicles burglarized on Southwest Escarole Street and three burglarized on Southwest Barbarosa Avenue. Those vehicles were unlocked, and little of value was taken, said Master Sgt. Frank Sabol, police spokesman.
"The Port St. Lucie Police Department does not mess around when we're dealing with the safety and security and the protection of the personal property of our citizens," Sabol said.
Sabol said police are investigating whether Bostwick and Dikanda could be linked to the earlier burglaries.
Sabol stressed the importance of removing valuables from vehicles, and locking them up.
According to a report, Bostwick told police he went in the vehicle for about 30 seconds and got out. Dikanda said he never went in the vehicle, and both denied taking anything.
Bostwick was held Thursday in the St. Lucie County jail on $3,750 bail, a jail official said. Dikanda was released on $3,750 bail, a jail official said.
By Will Greenlee of the TCPalm
Posted: Dec. 10, 2015
Jaynard Bostwick
Mbombo Dikanda
PORT ST. LUCIE — A former St. Lucie West Centennial High School and University of Florida football player was one of two arrested in connection with a Wednesday vehicle burglary.
Jaynard Steven Bostwick, 21, and 20-year-old Mbombo Dikanda, both of Port St. Lucie, each were arrested on a burglary charge after an officer late Wednesday night reported spotting them burglarizing a car in the 1000 block of Southwest Alexandria Avenue, according to Port St. Lucie police.
Bostwick is an accomplished football player who graduated from St. Lucie West Centennial High School and played at the University of Florida on full scholarship. He left UF and enrolled in West Texas A&M where he played in three games this year.
Police were in the area after getting reports Tuesday of two vehicles burglarized on Southwest Escarole Street and three burglarized on Southwest Barbarosa Avenue. Those vehicles were unlocked, and little of value was taken, said Master Sgt. Frank Sabol, police spokesman.
"The Port St. Lucie Police Department does not mess around when we're dealing with the safety and security and the protection of the personal property of our citizens," Sabol said.
Sabol said police are investigating whether Bostwick and Dikanda could be linked to the earlier burglaries.
Sabol stressed the importance of removing valuables from vehicles, and locking them up.
According to a report, Bostwick told police he went in the vehicle for about 30 seconds and got out. Dikanda said he never went in the vehicle, and both denied taking anything.
Bostwick was held Thursday in the St. Lucie County jail on $3,750 bail, a jail official said. Dikanda was released on $3,750 bail, a jail official said.
