Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Cameron Dean Barlow, 21, was arrested Saturday after allegedly driving a stolen car over landscaping at a hotel and crashing the car into a tree; he is on probation following a DUI conviction, and his driver’s license is suspended.
The owner of the car told the responding Gainesville Police Department officer that Barlow has been staying with her family since March and they had all gone to an event on Saturday; she said when they returned to the hotel (Woodspring Suites Gainesville I-75, 5505 SW 41st Blvd) at about 12:30 p.m., Barlow asked for permission to sit in the vehicle and smoke. She said she left her car keys with him so he could have air conditioning and told him to lock it up and bring her the keys when he returned to their room. She said she did not give him permission to drive her vehicle, but a short time later, Barlow ran to her and said she was going to be mad at him because he had crashed her car…