PANAMA CITY BEACH — A man was arrested and charged with theft of three golf carts taken Nov. 23, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office reported on Wednesday.
Nathan Michael Huston, 38, of 21310 Front Beach Road, was charged with three counts of grand theft, dealing in stolen property and uttering a forged instrument. The BCSO noted Huston was wanted in California on a warrant as a fugitive from justice for violating conditions of release. He was booked into the Bay County Jail on that warrant as the investigation into the stolen golf carts continued.
One of the golf carts was returned to its owner after it was spotted in a wooded area in the 200 block of 13th Street in Panama City Beach. On Nov. 27, the owner of one of the other two golf carts informed the BCSO he had seen it in from of Huston’s residence.
The report stated an investigator was sent to the residence and Huston claimed to have purchased the two golf carts via the online classified website Craigslist. Huston recanted the original story and said he purchased them through a “friend of a friend,” but couldn’t remember the names of those involved, the BCSO reported.