Woman charged with smashing up Sarasota bar, burglarizing other businesses

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A woman has been arrested on burglary charges after deputies say she smashed up a local Sarasota watering hole and broke into two other businesses.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office says at about 4 a.m. of June 4, Kara Jane Rose Plocharsky, 31, smashed the front door of the 8 Ball Lounge on Webber Road just before 4:00 a.m.

Surveillance footage shows a female wearing a motorcycle helmet as she shatters the front door and enters the establishment. She made her way to the bar area where she pushed dozens of liquor bottles off the top of the bar resulting in thousands of dollars in damage.

The first deputies on scene set up a perimeter around the area while a K-9 team conducted a search of the building with no results.

Detectives say they were able to positively identify Plocharsky as the individual seen in the video. With the assistance of the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, she was arrested Wednesday in Manatee County.

Plocharsky has also been charged by the Sarasota Police Department in two burglaries that occurred on the same morning at the Green Zebra Café and The Met, both on the Boulevard of the Presidents.

Plocharsky is being held without bond in the Manatee County Jail, jail records show.