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Posted By richards on March 8, 2017

Like any other Friday, Moshe Elbilia attended synagogue with his wife and kids, leaving his car parked there overnight, intending to pick it up once the Sabbath ended on Saturday evening.

But last month, Elbilia and at least seven other people returned to find each of their cars with the drivers side window smashed.

Its not something you expect to see, Elbilia said. Its not something pleasant.

The Broward Sheriffs Office on Tuesday announced two arrests in connection with the Feb. 3 car burglaries at 2615 Stirling Road, near Eliyahu Hanavi Beit Midrash synagogue in Dania Beach.

Jamal Meyers, 29, of Davie and Deneisha Bruce, 23, of Dania Beach, are facing charges related to the car burglaries and credit card fraud.

Investigators say someone, later identified as Meyers, broke into the cars that had been left parked overnight by members of the synagogue.

Elbilia said that during the Sabbath, he and other members walk home from the synagogue and pick up their cars the next day.

As a religious person, you dont drive on the Sabbath, Elbilia said. We [also] dont use cellphones [during the Sabbath], so we had to wait until Saturday night to call police.

Each car had been rummaged through, but only three had items missing, according to an incident report. Some of the items stolen were driver licenses, credit cards and GPS systems.

During the investigation, detectives discovered that Meyers used one of the victims credit cards at the Chevron gas station about an hour after the car burglaries.

On that same night, Bruce gave her name and address when she ordered $100 worth of food from a Pizza Hut using one of the stolen credit cards and had it delivered to her house, according to her arrest report.

The next morning, Bruce also tried to buy more than $500 worth of items from a Walmart with another one of the stolen cards. She was caught on surveillance video inside the Walmart, her arrest report said.

During the investigation, someone related to Meyers identified him to authorities, according to his arrest report.

After the two arrests, Investigators were able to return the stolen items back to their rightful owners, the sheriffs office said.

Bruce was released Saturday on a $3,100 bond, the sheriffs office said. Meyers is being held on a $7,400 bond at the Broward Main Jail.

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