A convicted felon was arrested after a crime spree in Central Florida. The crime spree involved commercial burglaries and Randy Thomas Whitfield, a Lakeland man with 16 prior felony convictions, was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and charged with multiple counts of grand theft, burglary, and dealing in stolen property.
The Central Florida arrest happened after an extensive investigation into business burglaries and theft of lawn equipment and power tools.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Southwest District detectives began an investigation into burglary and grand theft at a lawn business on Combee Road South in the unincorporated area of Lakeland, during which an unknown suspect stole four backpack blowers, five Echo hedge trimmers, seven Echo weed eaters, and three Echo edgers, valued at approximately $13,950. Surveillance video from the business and surrounding area showed the suspect arriving and leaving in a newer model white Ford F-150…