PANAMA CITY — Four juveniles have been arrested in connection to two burglaries at the same Panama City Beach home.
Bay County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived at a vacation home on the west end of Panama City Beach after a Aug. 29 call. A neighbor noticed two bicycles in the backyard of the same vacation home. Knowing the home had been broken into in June, the neighbor was concerned it might happen again, officials reported.
BCSO found Travis A. Nodaros, 15, and Tylor C. Auton, 16, inside the home. Nodaros and Auton said they had stolen the bicycles, ridden to the empty home and broken in through a window. Both also stated they had been in the home in June during the first break-in but only watched while three other juveniles trashed the interior.
BCSO first visited the vacation home in June after the owner had come for a visit and discovered the inside of the home almost completely trashed. Furniture and dishes were destroyed, food had been dumped on the floor and condiments sprayed on the walls. The chandelier had been ripped from the ceiling and holes made in the walls.
Nodaros and Auton were charged with burglary of a dwelling and criminal mischief over a $1,000.
BCSO investigators made contact at a local high school with two of the three other juveniles allegedly involved. Tanner Auton, 16, and Tristan Duncan, 15, were arrested and also charged with burglary of a dwelling and criminal mischief over a $1,000.