Thursday, March 28, 2024

Thieves in Florida tried to camouflage a stolen hot pink semi by painting it red, deputies say


Credit: Flagler County Sheriff’s Office

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According to deputies, two individuals were caught spray-painting a stolen pink semi-truck outside a Days Inn motel in Flagler County, resulting in their arrest. 

On Tuesday, authorities received a call from a person who saw two individuals spraying a Peterbilt semi-tractor in the parking lot’s back corner at 120 Garden St N. 

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Credit: Flagler County Sheriff’s Office

The male and female suspects reportedly ran towards the wood line running southbound on I-95 as deputies arrived at the site. Dayanly Cutino-Gonzalez, the woman, was apprehended soon after, but it took authorities two hours to locate Reinier Lazaro-Perez, the man, who was hiding in the wood line.

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Cutino-Gonzalez was charged with resisting arrest without violence, grand theft of a motor vehicle, and felony criminal mischief, while Lazaro-Perez was charged with resisting arrest without violence, grand theft of a motor vehicle, felony criminal mischief, possession of a removed vehicle identification number, and possession of fentanyl. 

The semi-truck had been stolen several hours earlier from Columbia County, Florida, and is valued at $280,000, according to authorities. The suspects were caught spray-painting the truck a different color to conceal its identity. 

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