PANAMA CITY BEACH - A man suspect of stealing a gun and car and going for a joyride was roused from bed and arrested Monday morning, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Daniel Carmichael, 19, of Clermont, Ga., was charged with burglary of a conveyance while armed, grand theft of a motor vehicle and burglary of a conveyance. He was arrested around 9 a.m., less than eight hours after deputies believe he began a crime spree.
Investigators said Carmichael got into a dispute with other people staying in a vacation home and left around 2 a.m., then promptly stole a gun from a car nearby.
Then he allegedly stole another vehicle and drove it around, pausing to fire the gun several times before finally crashing the vehicle a few houses from the home where he was staying.
A man staying with Carmichael asked deputies who they were looking for. When they described the suspect, the man told them a man matching that description was asleep in the house.