DAVENPORT, Fla. – A Davenport man is back behind bars after authorities say he swiped a forgotten wallet at a grocery store and then ghosted his day in court.
Jon Carney, 40, was taken into custody Thursday morning, November 27, at his residence on Laura Court. Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrived around 9:10 a.m. to serve a warrant issued the previous day for Failure to Appear.
The legal trouble for Carney began two months ago, stemming from a September 15 investigation at a local Publix. According to detectives, a customer inadvertently left her wallet sitting on a counter. Instead of turning the item over to customer service or trying to catch the woman’s attention, investigators say Carney made a move to keep it.
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Security footage reviewed by the Sheriff’s Office reportedly captured Carney taking the wallet from the counter without making any attempt to notify the victim or store employees.
While the wallet was eventually found by a Good Samaritan, it wasn’t fully intact. The victim’s identification and credit cards were still inside, but $938 in cash was missing.
Carney was initially arrested for the theft on September 16, the day after the incident. After failing to show up for his scheduled court appearance this week, a judge issued a warrant for his arrest on November 26.
He was arrested at his home without incident and remains in custody on the active warrant.
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