A suspected burglar was nabbed after rifling through golf carts at Sawgrass Grove in The Villages.
Officials were initially alerted at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday that a man was removing items from a bar table, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. A witness directed an officer to the golf cart parking area where the same man had been seen looking into golf carts.
They located 36-year-old Britain Paul Hutchison, who lives with his parents in the Village of DeLuna. Officers concluded that Hutchison had stolen a Rigid brand fan from a golf cart. He tried to hide it in nearby bush.
He was taken into custody and placed into a squad car for transport to the Sumter County Detention Center. After Hutchison had been removed from the squad car, the officer found six golf balls which had apparently been stolen from one of the golf carts at Sawgrass Grove. Hutchison tried to hide the golf balls in the back seat of the squad car…