SANTA ROSA BEACH -- Two teenagers were arrested and charged on Thursday in connection to a string of burglaries in the Driftwood Estates area in South Walton.
Deputies and investigators with the Walton County Sheriff’s Office responded to 901 East Mack Bayou after a neighbor called about two suspicious persons. Deputies were able to locate suspects Miguel Arceo, 16, and Thomas Howells, 22, both of Santa Rosa Beach.
The two suspects have been linked to several other burglaries in the Driftwood Estates area, WCSO said. Howells has additionally been charged with one count of felony criminal mischief, one count of grand theft, two counts of burglary, one count of dealing in stolen property, one count of grand theft of a firearm and one count of grand theft from the elderly. Arceo has been charged with one count of felony criminal mischief, one count of grand theft, one count of grand theft from the elderly, one count of grand theft of a firearm and two counts of burglary.
