A 26-year-old Bradenton man who stole bicycles from Holmes Beach, Perico Island and Longboat Key will serve a five-year sentence in the Florida Department of Corrections.
Daniel Lee Upton pleaded guilty to 10 cases involving bicycle thefts and pawns committed over several months in early 2014.
Twelfth Judicial Circuit Judge Susan Maulucci accepted his Jan. 23 pleas on one count of dealing in stolen property, four counts of pawn broker fraud, five grand thefts, one petit theft, as well as a burglary count from a bicycle theft in Holmes Beach.
Upton’s sentences will run concurrently. He was given credit for time served in the county jail.
In Holmes Beach, the bikes were stolen from the 400 block of Gulf Drive, the 3600 and 3800 blocks of East Bay Drive and 100 block of White Avenue.
Maulucci ordered Upton to pay restitution to two pawn shops in Palmetto and bicycle owners on Perico Island and Longboat Key.
She also ordered payment of $200 for investigative costs to Holmes Beach and Longboat Key police departments, plus court costs of $418. Attorney fees were waived.
