Crime & Safety

Stolen Tractor Yields Grand Theft Auto Charge

Justin Henry Lester was busted Thursday, July 25.

A 32-year-old Land O’ Lakes man arrested for stealing someone’s tractor, authorities say.

Justin Henry Lester, of Shettle Road, was charged with grand theft auto on Thursday, July 25. According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, Lester was in possession of a yellow farm tractor that was reportedly stolen last fall.

The Ford tractor was lent out by Lester who told the borrowers that it was his father’s, according to the complaint affidavit.

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Lester was taken to Land O’ Lakes Jail, where he was later released on $5,000 bond. 


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