Crime
Florida Woman Lets Two Strangers Charge Their Phone in Her Car Before They Take Off With Her Vehicle
A Florida woman’s attempt to help two strangers who said their phones were dead allegedly ended with her car being stolen.
WKRG reported Tuesday, October 13, that authorities arrested Dustin Lee Kelley, 30, and Amanda Marie Carr, 29, after an encounter on Monday, October 12, in Cantonment.
Authorities said the two approached a resident and told her they had traveled from Lake County to help with hurricane recovery work.
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said in a statement, “A male and a female approached another female, our victim, and said that they were here doing work,” according to the Tampa Free Press.
He added that the woman offered to let them charge their phones in her car and “as soon as she left the car, they took off.”
Kelley and Carr were taken into custody later that morning after a deputy spotted the stolen vehicle heading south on Highway 29 at 9:57 a.m., according to Simmons.
NorthEscambia reported that when the deputy tried to stop the car, the driver allegedly kept going. The brief pursuit ended at Highway 29 and Ten Mile Road, where the vehicle hit other cars.
Escambia County EMS evaluated one person in another vehicle, but Simmons said no one was seriously hurt and no one was taken to a hospital.
Kelley and Carr were booked into the Escambia County Jail on Monday afternoon. According to NorthEscambia, the Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
According to Escambia County jail records from Tuesday, October 13, Kelley was booked on charges of grand theft, fleeing and eluding police, and marijuana possession.
Carr was booked on a grand theft charge. Both were held without bond. It is unclear whether either has entered a plea or hired an attorney.
