Staff Report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A 34-year-old man named Reginald Lee Harrison Jr. found himself under arrest recently, suspected of pilfering wallets from a U-Haul vehicle stationed at GRACE Marketplace.
According to a Gainesville Police Department officer, the incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. on May 30. The victims had left their moving truck parked at GRACE Marketplace to grab lunch. During their absence, Harrison allegedly entered the truck, took the wallets, and then handed one of the victims the U-Haul key—originally kept in the victim’s wallet—claiming he discovered it on the ground.
A witness reportedly informed the officer that she observed Harrison entering the vehicle after the victims departed and proceeding to the rear section of the truck. She recognized Harrison’s first name and mentioned that he “steals from everyone.”
Additional witnesses allegedly described seeing “Reggie with the scar on his forehead” entering the U-Haul.
After being read his Miranda rights, Harrison initially denied accessing the U-Haul. However, he later altered his account, claiming that one of the victims had asked him to search the truck for a wallet. He suggested that perhaps both wallets inadvertently ended up in his pocket somehow, and asserted he found the key outside the vehicle.
The victims said they never asked Harrison or anyone else to go into the truck.
When the officer asked Harrison about the debit cards and other identification documents that had been stolen, Harrison reportedly told the officer that debit cards could be found in several spots, and Harrison eventually directed the officer to a garbage can in the 2300 block of NE Waldo Road that “might” have two debit cards belonging to one of the victims. The officer reportedly found two debit cards in the garbage can that belonged to one of the victims; Harrison reportedly said he’d heard an unknown male talking about where the debit cards were.
A search incident to arrest reportedly produced an identification card belonging to a third victim; Harrison said he found it on the ground.
Harrison, who is described as homeless in court documents, has been charged with burglary of an unoccupied vehicle and unlawful possession of another person’s identification information. He has three felony convictions (two violent) and 11 misdemeanor convictions (one violent); he has served one state prison sentence and was released in 2015. He was convicted of trespassing after a warning seven times in 2025 alone, along with fraudulent use of a debit card and possession of drug paraphernalia; he was last released from the Alachua County Jail on March 6, 2026. Judge George Wright set bail at $35,000 on the new charges.
Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
