Orange County sheriff's officials reported three cases of looting to local businesses overnight. Deputies caught suspects in two of the incidents.
Deputies said both the J.J.'s Men's Warehouse and Uptown Menswear stores were broken in to early Sunday morning. Both stores are owned by the same man.
In one of the cases, deputies responded to the store about 3:30 a.m. and saw 10 to 15 people scurrying from the store.
"But two of them didn't run fast enough," said Capt. Miguel Pagan of the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Both men face burglary charges. Under an emergency looting order issued by the chief judge of Orange and Osceola counties, both men will be held at the Orange County Jail without bond.
No arrests were made in the other menswear caper, though a car full of stolen clothing was recovered near the scene. Deputies are investigating whether the break-ins are related.
In a third break-in at an Orlando Ale House, a fleeing suspect believed he was jumping into a trash bin to hide from responding deputies. He didn't realize he was actually jumping into a grease bin. He was caught and arrested, Pagan said.
He said calls for service were otherwise below normal levels.
Maximum sustained winds in the Orlando area have been near 30 mph, though fire stations in Orange County have reported gusts of up to 80 mph. Traffic signals have been knocked out at some intersections, including one on I-4 at Sand Lake Road.
As of 5 a.m., 27,000 Orlando-area customers were without power; another 34,029 were without power throughout the rest of Orange County.
The county's 15 shelters were housing 7,237 people. Maximum capacity is 10,000.
Because Orlando is avoiding the brunt of Frances, emergency officials are getting ready to head south once the storm passes. Officials from Stuart have already called asking for help, said Lt. Daniel McAvoy of Orange County Fire-Rescue.
