Staff report

WALDO, Fla. – Christopher Eugene Sheddan, aged 42, and Lindsay May Sheddan, aged 39, residents of Gainesville, were taken into custody yesterday for allegedly pilfering lawn care equipment from Lindsay’s workplace.

On June 23, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy was called to investigate at the Pilot station located in Waldo (17276 NE U.S. Hwy 301). The store manager presented a video showing Lindsay passing a key to Christopher, granting access to the maintenance storage shed at the back of the gas station.

The manager asserted that at the time of the theft, Lindsay was employed at the station, but only management and maintenance staff were supposed to have the key. Employees of the store did not have a valid reason to possess it.

The deputy reported that the video shows Christopher walking up to the front counter, where Lindsay is standing. Lindsay appears to slide a key, attached to a silver ring, to Christopher, and then an outside camera shows Christopher loading a weed eater, backpack blower, and water pump from the maintenance shed into the back of his vehicle. The deputy reported that the store manager said Christopher would only have been able to enter the shed by using the key provided by Lindsay.

The deputy reported that Christopher sold the stolen items to a third party, and Lindsay assisted Christopher in the commission of the crime.

Post Miranda, Christopher reportedly confessed to stealing the backpack blower and weed eater and selling them to a private party.

Post Miranda, Lindsay reportedly denied any involvement in the theft and said she did not give Christopher a key but gave him her phone. The deputy reported that the video shows Lindsay giving Christopher a key at the front counter of the gas station.

Christopher has been charged with burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, dealing in stolen property, grand theft, and theft. He has seven felony convictions (non-violent) and eight misdemeanor convictions (non-violent). Judge Meshon Rawls set bail at $45,000.

Lindsay has been charged with burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, dealing in stolen property, grand theft, and theft. She has no criminal history; Judge Rawls set bail at $45,000.

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