Authorities in Lee County, Florida, arrested and charged four alleged looters who were spotted ransacking homes and businesses on Fort Myers Beach, according to multiple reports.
The individuals, three men and a woman aged between 20 and 33, have been identified in jail records as Brandon Mauricio Araya, Omar Mejia Ortiz, Steve Eduardo Sanchez Araya, and Valerie Celeste Salcedo Mena, the New York Post reported.
All four suspects, charged with stealing from an unoccupied structure during a state of emergency, were arrested on Sept. 29—but were released after posting bonds of $35,000 each, the paper reported.
Brandon Araya and Steve Araya, as well as Valerie Mena, were also charged with grand larceny, documents indicate….