POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Polk County man is behind bars after allegedly committing a burglary and attempting to make a getaway on a stolen golf cart.
60-year-old Ronald Spiker of Fort Meade was arrested after allegedly breaking into a trailer on a small farm and stealing a television. Spiker reportedly loaded the TV onto the golf cart and fled the scene, driving through a pine grove.
However, Spiker’s escape was short-lived. Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office apprehended him and discovered methamphetamine in his possession.
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Spiker was arrested and charged with burglary, theft, and possession of methamphetamine. This is not his first encounter with law enforcement, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.
“I don’t care. If you are driving through a Pine Forest, we can still catch you,” said Judd. “Because our deputies are the best. He would be qualified to be an “old cranker,” and now he’s in the county jail. Once again, charged with burglary and theft. Bad decision. Not his first bad decision.”
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