Watch: Slippery Burglar Slides Though Bars

St. Petersburg Police are looking for some help locating a slippery burglar wanted in connection with a recent theft at the Central Avenue Food Mart.

Courtesy of surveillance video, police believe the man they’re after is 37-year-old Jesse Garcia. They’re having trouble, however, locating him.

The burglary in question happened around 2:27 a.m. Dec. 12 at the 3000 Central Ave. store. In the surveillance video, the burglar is seen smashing out the store’s front door glass. He then proceeds to slide between horizontal metal bars to gain access to the store.

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If he’s caught, police would like to put him behind bars that might not be so easy to slide out of. The Jesse Garcia police are looking for is no stranger to the bars at the Pinellas County Jail. Records indicate he’s been arrested a number of times in the past on charges ranging from battery to trespassing.

Anyone with information about the crime or Garcia’s whereabouts is asked call 727-892-5000 or text “SPPD” and a tip to TIP411.