September 3, 2016
Three men and a teen who reserved lodging from Airbnb in Boca Raton on Monday were looking for more than a vacation, city police said. Instead, the group tried to rob a home hours after canceling their reservation. Police arrested Braxton Francis, 21, of Boynton Beach; Gerald Duchatelier, 20, of Loxahatchee; Jean Henry, 18, of West Palm Beach and a 14-year-old boy from West Palm Beach. The Palm Beach Post is not identifying the juvenile because he has not been charged as an adult. Police say the home’s owner rented his house to the group for 10 days. On Monday night, the suspects canceled their reservation, three hours before the rental was to start, but after the home’s garage code was sent to them, police said….
Source: http://crime.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2016/09/03/boca-police-four-charged-in-robbery-of-airbnb-rental/
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