Winter Park auto
dealership owner tries to move from thefts.
When Isaac Miolan got to his Winter Park car dealership on Aloma Avenue early Friday afternoon, he found it in disarray.
Eight of the 36 cars on the Velocity Autos lot were gone. Windows and doors in the office building were smashed. Security cameras were disconnected.
And when he walked into the small room next to his office, where he keeps all the car keys, he found every single key was stolen.
“You’re not just damaging the business, you’re damaging society,” said Miolan, who opened the business in 2013. “And the community, my family. Because this is a familyoperated business.”
Miolan planned to keep his dealership closed Friday, but a friend called him and said the front lot looked empty. He immediately rushed to his business.
“He called me and he said, ‘I have a situation,’ ” said his wife, Deborah Miolan.
Security cameras were disconnected during Friday’s thefts, but the thieves left the box they were connected to in the office, Miolan said. He spent Saturday evening pulling footage, which he said he will hand to the Orange County Sheriff ’s Office.
Orange County sheriff’s spokeswoman Jane Watrel said she did not have any available information about the investigation Saturday because the records division was closed for the holiday weekend.
Deputies did respond to a burglary report at the business, at 3710 Aloma Ave., near Winter Park, at 3:05 p.m. Friday, according to dispatch records.
Miolan listed the makes and models of the stolen cars, remembering them by their spot on the lot: A black 2010 Hyundai Sonata, a red 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse; and a white 2005 GMC Sierra.
The thieves also took a black 2007 Subaru Legacy; a blue 2001 Honda Odyssey; and a 2004 Infiniti G35 coupe, with 91,000 miles and big rims.
Orange County deputies told him two cars have been recovered. On Friday night, they found a Mazda 5 station wagon someone crashed into a house, Miolan said. They also found a gold 2004 Nissan Murano, though Miolan did not know its condition.