Nearly all of the looters arrested in Florida’s Pinellas County after Hurricanes Helene and Milton were illegal immigrants.

According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office at a news conference Thursday, 41 of the 45 suspected looters, out of more than 100 people, were arrested on various other charges, including armed robbery, burglary, loitering, theft subsidies, vandalism and trespassing. both deadly storms are in the United States illegally, Fox News said in a report.

Another 58 people defrauded hurricane victims out of about $250 million for repairs that were never done and were probably never planned.

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri’s office added that another 196 people were arrested under suspicious circumstances, questioned by deputies and then released due to lack of probable cause. Of those people, 163 were in the United States illegally.

“Our efforts to protect the community did not stop with the direct impact of these hurricanes,” the sheriff said in a statement. “We are now focused on protecting our residents and businesses who are desperate to rebuild and get their lives back on track. »

You can watch Sheriff Gualtieri’s 11-minute press conference here.