DADE CITY - Police said they solved two crimes Friday when a man already in jail on an armed robbery charge confessed to burglarizing two homes this month.
Robert Anthony Silva, 19, was arrested by Dade City police last week on a Zephyrhills warrant charging him with armed robbery, arrest records show. Silva, no known address, is accused of using a gun to rob the 7-Eleven at 38544 Fifth Ave., Zephyrhills, on Nov. 20.
Friday afternoon, Dade City police Detective Joseph G. Conrad learned that Silva was the driver of a stolen 2002 Chrysler Concorde that a Pasco sheriff's deputy tried to pull over last week, according to police reports. The driver crashed the car and ran off, police said.
Silva reportedly also admitted to stealing the car during a June 11 burglary of a home at 36050 White Fir Way, according to an arrest report.
The house was ransacked and, in addition to the car, a laptop computer and other items were taken, Conrad wrote in the arrest report.
Also, Silva admitted to a June 7 burglary in which jewelry, and other items were taken from 13326 Lee St., a second arrest report states.
Silva remained at the Land O' Lakes Jail on Saturday with bail set at $75,000 on the armed robbery charge and on two new charges each of burglary and grand theft and a sixth charge of car theft, according to jail records.
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