MANASOTA KEY, Fla. (WWSB) – A Charlotte County man has been arrested for after he was spotted in a vacant Manasota Key home, the Charlotte County Sheriff\u2019s Office said. <\/p>\n
On Jan. 30, the owner of a home on Shore View Dive on Manasota Key reported a burglary. Neighbors had reported seeing a man not authorized to be in the house was seen on the second-floor balcony smoking something from a can. <\/p>\n
A realtor working with the homeowner approached the man to ask if he was staying in the home. He said no, and quickly left, leaving clothes, food and other items behind. <\/p>\n
Deputies search the home and found personal items including documents and a Social Security card with the subject\u2019s name — Artem Korzhuk — on them. <\/p>\n
Surveillance video from a neighbor\u2019s property showed a man matching the subjects description backing a truck into the victim\u2019s driveway and going trough the victim\u2019s property to go to the beach. <\/p>\n
On Jan. 31, deputies received a tip that Korzhuk was aboard a sailboat in Charlotte Harbor. Deputies found Korzhuk on the sailboat, and he agreed to come to shore, where he was arrested. <\/p>\n
Deputies learned Korzhuk was also wanted for abandoning a derelict vessel. Deputies had been trying to contact him after his 24-foot sailboat ran aground on the Peace River in January. <\/p>\n
In addition to charges of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and second-degree petit theft, Korzhuk was also charged with abandoning a derelict vessel<\/p>\n
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