Jail Inmate Charged with Stealing Bicycle After Security Footage Identifies Him as Suspect

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 28-year-old Lakeland man, already in jail on unrelated charges, has been arrested again—this time for stealing a bicycle from the side of a Dollar General store. Austin Clay Walker now faces new charges of felony petit theft after detectives identified him in a security video.

The bizarre incident unfolded after a bicycle was reported stolen on September 2 from a Dollar General store on North Combee Road. Polk County Sheriff’s Office Detective Evans reviewed the store’s security footage and not only saw the theft happen but immediately recognized the suspect: Austin Clay Walker.

The only problem was Walker was already an inmate at the Polk County Jail.

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