At about 4:45 a.m. Thursday, police received a report of a suspicious person armed with a rifle at a home in the 2100-block of Dodge Avenue in Sarasota. Police arrived and discovered the victim had disarmed the suspect and was holding the suspect for police.
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The victim told police more suspects were involved and police located a vehicle matching a description of the suspect's vehicle and four more suspects were apprehended.
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Police said surveillance video captured the entire incident, showing the suspects enter the home armed with a shotgun, machete and crowbar. The suspects attempted to rob the victim, but were seen fleeing while the victim armed himself with a machete.
Five people were taken into custody and charged, police said. Alen Beltran-Vazquez was charged with two counts of armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Ronier Jauregui-Lorente and Angel Cabrera-Basulto were each charged with two counts of armed robbery. Jorge Valido-Leyva and Roberto Salcedo-Balanza face two counts each of principal to armed robbery.