A Florida man who had been recently released from prison was arrested again after a burglary.
Deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 23-year-old Stephan Rice IV, who had completed a four-year prison sentence for grand theft motor vehicle and was released earlier this summer.
According to a PCSO detective, it didn’t take long before Rice burglarized a vehicle in Polk City and stole a wallet. A short time later, Rice made a purchase of about $765 on a credit card that was in the stolen wallet. A warrant for Rice’s arrest was obtained.
Just after midnight, PCSO deputies located Rice at the Circle K store on Commonwealth Avenue in Polk City and arrested him on the warrant without incident…