PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A Georgia teen was arrested Friday evening after he burglarized a condo earlier in the week.
Christopher Clanton, 18, of Thomasville, Ga. had broken into a room at Twin Palms Condominium Wednesday with an intent to steal money from individuals he befriended upon arriving to the area during Spring Break, according to a Panama City Beach Police Department news release.
Authorities arrested him Friday at the same property. He confessed to stealing $1,700 from the unit.
Clanton supposed his new friends’ weren’t in the Twin Palms room Wednesday when he entered the lock combination to the condo’s front door, the release states. However, after becoming aware that someone was in the room, he fled the scene with $1,700 in stolen cash.
Two days later, the burglar was spotted at the condo by the same person who saw Clanton steal the money, the release states. The man chased him on foot until PCBPD arrived and arrested Clanton.
Although the cash was not found on him, 23 Aderall pills were discovered in his back pack, the release states. Clanton later told officials he’d come to the area on Spring Break to commit burglaries and sell narcotics.