Naquel Hall, 19, could have gotten away with it, but he forgot to do one important thing — wait.
On Monday, Jan. 31, Hall pawned a yellow, black and gray Gary Fisher Supercaliber mountain bike at City Commission candidate Richard Selwach’s Best Jewelry & Loan Pawnbroker, located at 523 NW Third Ave.
Hall signed papers promising the items were his to sell, according to the Gainesville police report.
An hour later, Amy Horstmeyer would come home to find her laundry door kicked in and her shed broken into. The thief had taken more than $20,000 worth of household items, including the mountain bike, the report stated.
Horstmeyer reported the break-in and the stolen items to the police.
On Friday, Hall returned to Selwach’s shop to pawn another one of her bikes, the report stated.
By Saturday night, the police caught up with Hall and arrested him for six felonies: burglary, grand theft, two charges of dealing in stolen property and two charges of providing false information on a pawn form.
