A Leesburg man was arrested after allegedly stealing change from a used car lot owned by a lieutenant in the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The lieutenant had received a phone call from his employee at J&M Affordable Auto on U.S. Hwy. 441 that a suspicious man was going through a 2009 Subaru on the lot.
The lieutenant used a radio to direct a deputy to his car lot. The deputy met with the employee who pointed across the street at the man, later identified as 29-year-old Stephan Davon Johnson. The employee had seen Johnson go into the Subaru and put something in his left front pocket after getting out of the car. He told the deputy he had not lost sight of Johnson since he had got out of the Subaru and crossed the street.
The deputy made contact with Johnson who was found with one Canadian penny, 23 U.S. pennies, 17 U.S. nickels and 23 U.S. dimes. in his left front pocket.
Johnson was placed under arrest for auto burglary and theft. He has previous theft convictions on his record so this theft charge was enhanced to a felony.
Johnson was transported to the Lake County where he was released on his own recognizance.
