A homeless Florida gentleman described as a job prison went joyriding on a piece of stolen construction machines and brought on extra than $10,000 in damages on Saturday, authorities reported.

Deputies positioned Randy Lee Wealand, 56, operating a $60,000 JLG Lull all over 8 a.m. on the sidewalk of Ocean Shore Boulevard in Beverly Seashore, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Place of work mentioned.

Investigators decided that Wealand had stolen the hefty equipment from a design web page and drove it 2.5 miles to Beverly Seashore. Alongside the way, deputies explained he ran over two fire hydrants, a Charter Communications fiber node, resident mailboxes and broke quite a few sections of general public sidewalk.

"This career felony made the decision to go on a joyride with a big piece of design equipment", Sheriff Rick Staly claimed. "Wealand would have induced additional destruction if he had been not stopped and apprehended by deputies. An additional earn for ‘see a thing, say a thing,’ so a distinctive thank you to the citizens who referred to as us and aided stop this dirtbag from continuing his perilous route of destruction."

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Whilst this was Wealand’s first arrest in Flagler County, deputies reported the transient gentleman has an comprehensive felony history, with a few felony convictions in Pennsylvania and 8 other felony convictions somewhere else in Florida. 

Authorities approximated that Wealand brought on more than $10,000 in damages in the course of his "joyride." (Flagler County Sheriff's Place of work)

The convictions incorporate legal mischief, theft, community drunkenness, grand theft vehicle, boating beneath the impact, battery on a regulation enforcement officer, impersonating a law enforcement officer, battery on particular person above 65, exploitation of aged fewer than 20,000 bucks, and weapons costs, among others.

In connection with this most up-to-date incident, Wealand was billed with grand theft, theft from a construction internet site, felony prison mischief, and trespass on a development web-site. 

Randy Lee Wealand, 56, was described as a transient person with a extended criminal record. (Flagler County Sheriff's Place of work)

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He was becoming held at the Sheriff Perry Corridor Detention Facility on a $12,500 bond.