{"id":15770,"date":"2025-10-22T15:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/15770\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:11:09","slug":"second-suspect-arrested-connected-to-spree-of-vehicle-burglaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/15770\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Suspect Arrested Connected to Spree of Vehicle Burglaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/News-Release-Header-NEW-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cape Coral Police have arrested a second suspect connected to a series of vehicle burglaries and property crimes that occurred earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, October 20, 2025, at approximately 9:20 a.m., officers with the Cape Coral Police Department arrested\u00a0Jaydin Chase Kempton (DOB 02\/27\/2007)\u00a0at North Nicholas High School, located at 428 SW Pine Island Road. Kempton was taken into custody without incident after confirmation of three active warrants related to multiple property crime investigations, including\u00a0Burglary of a Conveyance (Felony),\u00a0Criminal Mischief ($200\u2013$1,000, Misdemeanor),\u00a0Dealing in Stolen Property (Felony), and\u00a0Petit Theft under $750 (Misdemeanor).<\/p>\n<p>The warrants stem from investigations into several vehicle burglaries reported on June 22, 2025, in the area of Northeast 2nd Place. Evidence obtained from residential security cameras and social media activity identified Kempton and\u00a0Darryle T. Ford (DOB 02\/19\/2008)\u00a0as the suspects responsible. The pair were recorded on home surveillance footage entering vehicles, causing interior damage, and leaving the scene in a stolen vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Darryle Ford had previously been arrested in connection with these burglaries and a separate firearm-related investigation. Digital evidence recovered from Kempton\u2019s phone further confirmed their involvement in multiple property crimes throughout Cape Coral.<\/p>\n<p>Kempton was transported to the Lee County Jail on the following charges:<\/p>\n<p>\u20132 counts in violation of F.S.S. 810.02(4b) \u2013 Burglary of a Conveyance<\/p>\n<p>\u20132 counts in violation of F.S.S. 806.13(1b2) \u2013 Criminal Mischief $200-$1,000, First degree Misdemeanor<\/p>\n<p>\u20131 count in violation of F.S.S. 812.014(3b) \u2013 Petit Theft under $750, First degree Misdemeanor<\/p>\n<p>\u20131 count in violation of 812.019(1) \u2013 Dealing in Stolen Property, Second degree Felony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cape Coral Police have arrested a second suspect connected to a series of vehicle burglaries and property crimes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-15770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}