2 Charged in Burglary of Cop Car

The St. Petersburg Police Department has made two arrests in a May 5 auto burglary that resulted in the theft of two firearms and other equipment from an undercover vehicle that belonged to a detective.

The crime in question occurred around 2 a.m. that morning with the targeted vehicle belonging to the St. Petersburg law enforcement agency. Police say they have recovered the stolen items and have arrested two men in connection with the crime.

David Tyler Halisky, 21, and Nicholas Lee Benczi, 18, were both charged in the case on Wednesday, police wrote in an email to media. The men were also charged in a host of other recent unrelated crimes, including an armed residential burglary and an auto theft.

The two, police said in the email, admitted to their involvement in the theft from the police vehicle, as wells as the other two crimes.

Both Halisky and Benczi were being held in the Pinellas County Jail Thursday in lieu of $160,000 bond.

Booking photos of Halisky and Benczi courtesy of the Pinellas County Jail

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