Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kerry DeCarlo Lenoir, 24, was arrested last night after allegedly taking an unattended phone from Dave & Buster’s and then trying to charge the victim $200 to return it; he was also charged with selling marijuana after deputies reportedly found 60 grams of marijuana, baggies, and a scale in his vehicle.
At about 5:15 p.m. on November 30, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to Dave & Buster’s (3023 SW 45th Street), where the victim said she had left her phone by a game and had later been contacted by someone who wanted to charge her $200 to return it.
The deputy reported that the phone had been put into “Lost Mode,” which sent a message to contact the owner at a different phone number. The victim said she received a text offering to return the phone for $100, but when she said she was at the Walmart in Butler Plaza, the fee changed to $200.
While the deputy waited with the victim for the phone to be returned, another deputy notified the first deputy that Lenoir had been stopped and arrested on an unrelated charge and the phone had been found. The first deputy called the phone number that had sent the text to the victim, and Lenoir’s phone reportedly rang.