Two men arrested for beer theft after vehicle chase

Two Crawfordville men were arrested for attempting to steal 28 cases of beer from the Crawfordville Wal-Mart early Friday, Aug. 26, according to Major Maurice Langston. The two men also face charges for leading a Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office deputy on a vehicle chase on U.S. Highway 319 and for falsely reporting the getaway vehicle as being stolen.
Garland Stanwick Landers, Jr., 27, was charged with fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer, perjury, retail theft and a uniform traffic citation for driving without a tag. Jamie Lavonne Deibert, 28, was charged with retail theft and perjury.
“A WCSO deputy was flagged down by store officials at 12:08 a.m. after the two men left the store without paying for $411 worth of beer in two shopping carts,” said Major Langston. “Deputy Mike Zimba observed the suspect vehicle leaving the parking lot at a high rate of speed. He followed the truck northbound on U.S. Highway 319 at speeds in excess of 60 miles per hour.”
“Deputy Zimba discontinued the pursuit after observing Landers nearly cause a crash with oncoming vehicles on the highway,” added Major Langston. “The deputy returned to the store to conduct his investigation and was able to identify Landers from recently issuing him a citation for driving without a tag.”
Eighteen cases of beer were recovered from one shopping cart and 10 cases of beer were recovered from the second shopping cart.
The suspect vehicle was found by law enforcement broken down on the side of U.S. Highway 319 and was towed from the scene.
Shortly after deputies gathered all of the evidence in the case, Landers called the sheriff’s office to report his truck as stolen. The two men provided false sworn statements to law enforcement about the “theft” and were charged with perjury.
Both men were transported to the Wakulla County Jail where they are awaiting their first appearance.


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