Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Austin Cordell Dees, 27, was arrested on April 19 for violating his probation sentence for burglary and has now been charged with stealing a car from a used car lot and prying open coin machines at a car wash to steal quarters.
The used car lot reported on April 12 that the vehicle, a 2013 BMW, was stolen from the lot sometime after April 8; an employee of the business had inadvertently left the keys in the vehicle, and a dealer tag was attached to the car. The owner of the car lot said the car was being worked on at the time, and he believed the car could not be driven far because of mechanical problems…