Crime & Safety

Man Accused Of Stealing Rental Car From FL Airport

A St. Pete man who stole a rental car from Tampa International Airport was arrested in the FL Panhandle, the Walton County sheriff said.

A St. Pete man who stole a rental car from Tampa International Airport was arrested in the FL Panhandle, the Walton County sheriff said.
A St. Pete man who stole a rental car from Tampa International Airport was arrested in the FL Panhandle, the Walton County sheriff said. (Courtesy of Walton County Sheriff's Office)

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL — A St. Petersburg man was arrested in northern Florida after stealing a rental car from Tampa International Airport, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post.

Lonnie Morris, 32, was charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle.

When he was denied a rental at the airport, Morris found a car with keys in it and tailgated another driver out of the parking garage, investigators said.

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