PANAMA CITY — A 43-year-old Panama City Beach man was arrested Monday on several felony charges after he allegedly forced his way inside a home while armed with a pistol and stole two wallets and a purse, according to the Panama City Police Department.
Theodore Lovett is charged with a half-dozen crimes as a result of an armed invasion of a home in the 3500 block of West 16th Street in Panama City Monday afternoon.
According to police:
A friend of the victim was showing the victim a vehicle he was trying to sell and brought Lovett along to the victim’s home. Lovett and the other man left, but after awhile there was a knock on the door. The victim opened the door, and a man in a ski mask with a handgun forced his way inside. The burglar stole a purse and two wallets and fled from the home on foot.
Police gathered information and tracked Lovett to a home in the 1300 block of Buena Vista Boulevard.
Lovett tried to run from police when he saw them coming. When police caught him, Lovett, a convicted felon, was holding a .380-caliber pistol, the victim’s wallet, multiple bags of meth and drug paraphernalia.
He was booked into the Bay County Jail on charges of felon in possession of a firearm, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer without violence, carrying a concealed weapon and home invasion robbery.