POLICE investigating more than 20 burglaries across Somerset and Devon over the past four months have arrested and charged three men and seized hundreds of suspected stolen items.

Detectives arrested the trio and searched four properties, seizing items including antique silverware, paintings, furniture and weapons as well as power tools, garden machinery and electrical items on Friday, November 15.

All three men appeared before Taunton magistrates on Monday, November 18, charged with:

  • conspiring to commit multiple burglaries of dwellings across Somerset and Devon, with intent to steal, between August and November
  • conspiring to commit multiple burglaries of buildings other than dwellings, in the same areas and period.

Joshua Charles Heal, 25, of Bridgwater; Ethan Sharman, 21, of Somerton, and Andrew Sharman, 44, of Street, were all remanded in custody by magistrates.

They are all due to appear at Taunton Crown Court on Friday, December 20.