Serial Burglar Caught In The Act, Cops Say

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A 21-year-old man St. Petersburg Police describe as a serial burglar may want to find a new line of work.

According to police, he was arrested on Tuesday by officers who just happened to catch him in the act of committing a burglary at a home in the 1900 block of 22nd Avenue South. For his troubles, the man, described by police as a transient, now faces two counts of residential burglary, resisting arrest and tampering with physical evidence.

Pinellas County Jail records also indicate a possession of burglary tools charge, among several other charges levied since Tuesday.

Tuesday’s arrest on residential burglary charges wasn’t a first for Donnell Weaver, the police department noted in an email to media. He’s been arrested on five separate occasions for the crime since March 16, the department said.

“Each time he bonds out and re-offends,” the email said.

Pinellas County Jail records indicate a string of arrests dating back to 2012. This time, Weaver was being held on more than $55,000 bond, according to Wednesday jail records.

Weaver is under investigation in several other recent burglary cases, the agency said.

Booking photo courtesy of the St. Petersburg Police Department

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