Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Taylor Rose Marie Brown, 28, and John Lee Stephens Jr., 38, were arrested yesterday for allegedly breaking into an Airbnb, staying several days, and stealing items. (Brown is also known as Taylor Rose Marie, and both of her court cases are under that name in Alachua County court records.)
On May 27, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to the 1300 block of NE 7th Street, where a witness said he had seen a man and woman come out of the Airbnb; he said the woman walked up the street, wearing only a towel, before trying to give the witness a spray bottle she had taken out of the trash. The witness said he called because he thought the lack of a car and the woman’s behavior were abnormal…