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6 September 2021: Sarasota, Florida

Police arrested a man after he tried to steal a semitrailer at a convenience according to The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. Around 5:30 a.m., a truck was making a delivery to market on Beneva Road when a man entered the store, asked to use a cell phone and caused a disturbance, the store manager told investigators. That man, later identified as Luke Franks, 22-year-old, walked out of the store toward the delivery truck. Onlookers told the driver of the truck as he left the store that Franks was inside the truck and trying to start it. The driver saw the perpetrator in the driver’s seat, trying to get the truck into gear. The driver engaged the air brake, which prevented it from moving, according to a probable cause affidavit.