Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – John Earl Courtney, 54, of Hawthorne, has been arrested after allegedly stealing multiple Dyson vacuum cleaners from Best Buy and then pawning them.
On March 3, a Gainesville Police Department officer reached out to Best Buy (3750 SW Archer Road) after learning that Courtney, a known shoplifter, had brought a new-in-the-box $850 Dyson vacuum cleaner to a pawn shop…