A Mount Dora man who confronted a trio of suspected car burglars early Sunday morning was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center.
The 46-year-old man had armed himself with a baseball bat and confronted the three burglary suspects at about 4 a.m. on Northland Road in Mount Dora.
The suspected car burglars were able to get the bat away from the man and struck him with it several times causing severe injuries including broken bones in his arm, hand and face. He was flown to ORMC for treatment and was listed in stable condition, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Three juveniles have been arrested and charged with attempted murder, armed burglary and grand theft.
They are 16-year-old Chase Tyler Wood, 16-year-old Wesley Carlson and 14-year-old Lauryn Natalie Eubanks.
All three juvenile arrestees were to be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Ocala after being booked at the Lake County Jail.