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FLORIDA - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier held a news conference on Tuesday morning to announce the arrests of seven people for their alleged involvement in a multilevel criminal enterprise centered on stealing smoke detectors from The Home Depot.

Multi-county, multi-state organized retail theft ring

What we know:

Uthmeier said the operation was led by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement.

The officials said the months-long investigation dismantled a major criminal enterprise stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of products from Home Depot stores across Florida.

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Investigators said they uncovered at least 44 smoke detector thefts at The Home Depot locations across 17 F

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