Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Devin Christopher DeCoursey, 18, and Timrell Lee Means, 19, were arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing a car; both were released from the Alachua County Jail in September, and DeCoursey is on probation.
The car’s owner told the responding Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy that her car was stolen from the Holly Heights area at about 10:10 a.m. Friday morning and she saw DeCoursey drive away in her car.
A friend of the car’s owner told the deputy that Means was also in the car and was wearing a red jacket with its hood up.
At about 11:35 a.m., the deputy located the car at Tiger Bay and reported that DeCoursey was in the passenger seat and Means was in the driver’s seat of the car, wearing a red jacket with its hood up. The deputy also reported that there was a bag of marijuana in plain view in the center console and a key to the car was found under the car.
Post Miranda, DeCoursey reportedly said he had been picked up at Harbor Cove, didn’t know the car was stolen, and was visiting a family member at Tiger Bay. He said it was his first time in the car and the marijuana was not his.