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Darryl Owens: Guns Stolen From Police Cars A 'Disturbing Pattern'

Two loaded guns were stolen from a Winter Park police car in Hunter’s Creek last week. Law enforcement officials say it was the first time in more than 20 years that a gun was stolen from Winter Park Police.

But police in other central Florida areas can’t make the same claim, according to Orlando Sentinel editorial writer and columnist Darryl Owens. He told 90.7's Nicole Creston that the recent gun thefts from police cars are part of a disturbing pattern.

Nicole came to Central Florida to attend Rollins College and started working for Orlando’s ABC News Radio affiliate shortly after graduation. She joined Central Florida Public Media in 2010. As a field reporter, news anchor and radio show host in the City Beautiful, she has covered everything from local arts to national elections, from extraordinary hurricanes to historic space flights, from the people and procedures of Florida’s justice system to the changing face of the state’s economy.