A person of interest in recent golf cart thefts was arrested after being caught with drugs while driving a golf cart on the Historic Side of The Villages.
April Colleen Schofield, 50, of Mount Dora, was driving a golf cart at about 9:15 a.m. Monday when a Lady Lake police sergeant spotted her pulling out of a driveway on Rainbow Boulevard. The sergeant, who recognized her as a person of interest in recent golf cart thefts, followed Schofield as she turned into the Silver Lake Recreation Center.
The officer conducted a traffic stop at 749 Turnberry Lane after he watched her blow through a stop sign.
When the officer explained the reason for the stop, he asked Schofield if he could check the golf cart for a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). Schofield agreed, apologizing for a mess on the cart and explaining it was caused by the “other men” who used it, noting she was the only female operator…