Florida man gets out of jail, immediately steals from car in prison parking lot
Well, that was quick!A man leaving jail in Florida this week was arrested minutes later — accused of stealing from a car in the prison parking lot, police records show.
Michael Casey Lewis, 34, had just been bonded out of St. Lucie County Jail in Fort Pierce, Fla., when officers spotted him “acting suspicious” in the parking lot, according to his arrest affidavit.
He claimed to be waiting for his girlfriend — but security footage allegedly showed him checking for unlocked cars and finally getting into one.
Arresting officer Neil Lettman reported that Lewis finally handed him “a brown paper bag” with things stolen from the car — including an iPhone 7, a debit card, four packs of cigarettes and $547 cash.
“I placed Lewis in handcuffs and escorted him to our booking intake area,” the officer from St. Lucie County Sheriff’s stated in his affidavit.
He was arrested and booked back into the same jail he never properly left on burglary, grand theft, and possession of stolen property charges.
Lewis was later freed on $11,250 bond — this time managing to actually leave.
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i hope that owner was arrested too