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Escambia County deputies arrested Dustin Lee Kelley and Amanda Marsa Carr after a Cantonment car theft and a short chase.
NorthEscambia.com reported that Dustin Lee Kelley, 30, and Amanda Marsa Carr, 29, were arrested Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, after a woman in Cantonment let them charge a phone in her car and they drove off. Sheriff Chip Simmons said they told her they were in town from Lake County doing hurricane-related work. The Escambia County jail roster shows both booked that afternoon and held without bond.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
A grand-theft arrest is an accusation. It is not a conviction. The sheriff's account is that a good turn became a stolen car and a pursuit that ended in a crash on Highway 29. Jail records list the charges. They do not decide them. This is an Oct. 12, 2026, arrest, not an older storm case.
NorthEscambia.com, citing Sheriff Chip Simmons, reported that the call started Monday morning on Welcome Circle in Cantonment. The woman told deputies a man and a woman said they were from Lake County, in the area for hurricane-related work, and that their phones were dead. She let them charge a phone in her vehicle. When she stepped away, they drove off. At about 9:57 a.m. a deputy saw the car southbound on Highway 29 just south of West Roberts Road. The driver fled. The chase ended in a crash with other vehicles at Highway 29 and Ten Mile Road. Both were taken into custody at the scene. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. No serious injuries were reported.
The Escambia County jail roster for Oct. 13, 2026, lists Amanda Marsa Carr, 29, booked at 3:37 p.m. Monday on grand theft of a motor vehicle, and Dustin Lee Kelley, 30, booked at 3:38 p.m. on grand theft, fleeing or eluding police, and marijuana possession. Both are listed with no bond. NorthEscambia rendered Carr's middle name as Maria. The jail roster lists it as Marsa. The roster is the booking record used here.
A sheriff's video and a jail blotter are how the accusation is public. They are not a finding that the woman was deceived, or that the chase was driven the way deputies say. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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