FWC officers recover stolen boat, revolver
News Release
Friday, July 16, 2010
Media contact: Gabriella B. Ferraro, 772-215-9459
While on routine patrol of the Intracoastal
Waterway in Broward County earlier this month, officers with the
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) stopped a
boat, a 13-foot, 2003 Sundance, for violating the manatee speed
zone. Officers gave dispatch the vessel's registration number, and
dispatch immediately advised them that the boat was reported stolen
in June from New Smyrna Beach.
Officers secured the operator and passenger on the
FWC patrol boat. They then searched the Sundance and found two
loaded firearms onboard: a pistol and a revolver. Officers ran the
serial numbers for both firearms, and the revolver came back
stolen. Officers also recovered a combat knife and a small box of
ninja caltrops (used to disable a vehicle or cut the feet of a
pursuer in a chase).
Eduardo U. Lazo (DOB 06/16/84) of Casselberry, and
Steven M. Umeno-Miro (DOB 05/20/85) of Sanford were each charged
with grand theft and possession of a stolen firearm - both
felonies. In addition, each is facing drug-related misdemeanor
charges. Both men were booked into the Broward County jail.
The FWC is working with the New Smyrna Beach Police
Department and other law enforcement agencies to help solve several
yacht burglaries in the New Smyrna Beach area over the past
month.
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