Alert neighbor, cameras and cops combine to catch suspected serial burglars

A series of surveillance videos, an alert resident, and several police agencies working together have resulted in the arrests of three people, two of whom are suspected of committing a series of burglaries, Hollywood police said.

Terrence James Kennedy, 50, of Miami, and Paul Henri Lupien, 38, are facing charges that include burglary, grand theft and cocaine possession. Barbara Daugherty Smith, 47, of Hollywood, is charged with cocaine possession, records show.

One burglary was caught on video about 1 a.m. March 25 when an estimated $2,300 worth of tools was stolen from the garage of a house in the 1900 block of Funston Street in Hollywood, police said.

Two men matching the descriptions of Kennedy and Lupien were seen outside the garage. One jumped a fence, went into the garage, then handed a tool box and tool bag to the other man before climbing back over the fence and walking away, the video showed.

Kennedy and Smith declined to answer police questions but Lupien said Kennedy had stolen a gun in Dania Beach once, before getting rid of it. Lupien stopped talking when a Fort Lauderdale detective asked about two more theft cases, one involving the use of a stolen credit card, investigators said.

All three have criminal records. Kennedy had been released recently from state prison after serving time for a burglary conviction. Both Lupien and Smith had active arrest warrants, police said.

All were being held in the Broward County Jail without bond, records showed.

wkroustan@sunsentinel.com or 954-356-4303 or Twitter @WayneRoustan

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