The same day a 19-year-old Bradenton Beach man was sentenced for a Holmes Beach burglary he was arrested on a warrant for possessing a short-barreled shotgun.
Amado Zeppi pleaded no contest April 19 to counts of armed burglary, grand theft, battery to a law enforcement officer, possessing burglary tools and criminal mischief in connection with an October 2017 break-in at a Palm Harbor Drive residence.
The state dropped charges of threatening a Holmes Beach police officer, criminal mischief, possessing marijuana and carrying a concealed weapon.
Twelfth Circuit Judge Edward Nicholas sentenced Zeppi to five years of drug offender probation and ordered the same sentence in a separate case originating from a July 2017 arrest on drug and paraphernalia charges.
The judge withheld adjudication on all counts and ordered the sentences to run concurrently.
He also ordered Zeppi to write a letter apologizing to the victim and to be released into a Bridges of America residential treatment program.
HBPD arrested Zeppi as he was loading up an SUV with TVs and kayaks, while carrying Mace and a knife. He swore and spit at officers, according to the police report.
While in Manatee County jail, the MCSO served Zeppi with the warrant for illegally possessing the short-barreled shotgun in Hillsborough County.
Fines and court costs of $552 were assessed in the burglary case, in the drug case, $813.