A Florida man identified as John Teal Jr. crashed a stolen motorcycle. When Lakeland police found him, he claimed he didn’t know how he ended up there.
According to a report from Fox 13 Tampa Bay, a man named John Teal Jr. crashed and destroyed a motorcycle that had been stolen. He was found next to the vehicle, still wearing his helmet.
According to the report, Lakeland police responded to a motorcycle accident call. When they arrived, they saw the man sitting next to the motorcycle.
The authorities asked him what had happened, and he claimed that he didn’t know anything about the theft or how he ended up there.
The police discovered that the motorcycle had been stolen because its ignition system had been tampered with. Teal Jr. was charged with theft, tampering, and using a fake license plate.
Fox 13 Tampa Bay also reported that this wasn’t the first time the Florida man had been arrested.
“Records show that Teal has been arrested more than a dozen times in Polk County since 2010. He has prior convictions for motorcycle theft and evidence tampering,” the report said.
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