PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A man allegedly fought with police Friday when he was arrested for stealing a flat-screen TV from a Target store in Panama City Beach, according to police.
Employees of Target at 15555 Starfish St. in Pier Park witnessed the man trying to steal a large TV, and they called police, according to Panama City Beach Police. When officers arrived, they reportedly saw the man leaving with the TV and arrested him after a “lengthy struggle,” a police press release said.
Police said they found a small amount of meth and two oxycodone pills in the man’s possession.
James Herschel Jones, 25, was charged with shoplifting, resisting arrest with violence and possession of narcotics.
After reviewing video surveillance from the store, police also charged Jones in a separate shoplifting incident in which a flat-screen TV was stolen from the same Target store on July 2.