CRESTVIEW — A 29-year-old Crestview man is charged with siphoning 5 gallons of fuel from an acquaintance’s vehicle.
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies were called by a neighbor who witnessed the crime Dec. 5, according to the arrest report. The neighbor said he’d seen Earl Ray Watson put a blue tarp up to block the view.
He said Watson moved back and forth between the victim’s vehicle and Watson’s vehicle, the report said. Watson allegedly admitted to deputies that he took the fuel.
He is charged with burglary of a conveyance and petit theft. His next scheduled court date is Jan. 27.
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