Photos Released of Bay Hopping Burglar

The St. Petersburg Police Department is looking for a little help identifying a man it says likes to travel to find burglary targets.

The man is suspected of burglarizing cars throughout Tampa and then crossing the Bay to use stolen credit cards in St. Petersburg. The man, police department spokesman Mike Puetz said, seems to only remove the credit cards, but leaves the victims’ wallets and purses otherwise intact.

“Consequently the victims were not immediately aware their credit cards were missing until unauthorized charges began to appear on their credit statements,” Puetz wrote in an email to media.

The suspect wanted by police is described as a white male between the ages of 35 and 45. He stands over 6 feet tall and weighs about 175 pounds. He was last seen wearing a red T-shirt with a headphone emblem on the front, gray colored shorts, flip flops and a dark ball cap with the letter “F” on the front. He also likes to wear dark sunglasses and was last seen driving a white Ford Escape, possibly a 2010 or 2011 model.

Anyone with information on this suspect’s identity is asked to call the St. Petersburg Police at 727-893-7780. To submit an anonymous tip, just text “SPPD” and your tip to tip411 on a cellular phone.

Photo courtesy of the St. Petersburg Police Department