March 27, 2017
Kennith Baldinelli (17) of Melrose and Titan O. Chaney (15)
of Middleburg stole a car to meet a girl in Williston. This was their first bad
decision. When they got there, they ditched the first car they had stolen from
the Melrose area of Alachua County. This vehicle was recovered by the Levy
County Sheriff’s Office but no arrests were made because no suspects had yet
been identified.
The boy’s later stole a 2006 Pontiac from a residence near
Williston. The duo then stopped by a local convenience store to get a cold
drink. The store’s video surveillance system recorded the pair. This is also where
a Williston Police Officer briefly spoke to the boys. The WPD officer had no
reason to detain them since the Pontiac had not been reported stolen. The pair
then abandoned the Pontiac at a store near the gas station and later stole a
2007 Chevy Silverado from a nearby home. This is where their plans fell
through. The girl ditched them (smart girl) so the boys decided to take a road
trip.
This was their final poor decision, because the Williston
resident and owner of the pick-up immediately reported his vehicle stolen. The
truck was entered into a nationwide database as a stolen vehicle and the Tift
County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia located and promptly arrested the two. They
were placed in their juvenile detention center. Levy County Investigators were
notified by Tift County they had recovered the truck and arrested them. LCSO
investigators applied for and received juvenile pick-up orders to return
Baldinelli and Chaney to Levy County where they will face two counts of grand
theft of a motor vehicle. LCSO investigators have also been in communication
with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and shared the information on these
two. ACSO is expected to file additional charges in their jurisdiction.
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