Gainesville man arrested for stealing 3 vehicles and selling them to a metal recycling business

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Richard Vine Newton, 66, was arrested yesterday and charged with stealing three vehicles and falsely claiming they were his so he could sell them to a metal recycling business.

An Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Deputy contacted Newton after learning that he had been to a metal recycling business three times in the past week and that at least one of the vehicles had been reported stolen…

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