The Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a local man for stealing more than $20,000 in car tires from a local car dealership. John Peters, age 35, of Lakewood Circle in Panama City, has been charged with Grand Theft and Scheming to Defraud.
BCSO Criminal Investigations determined that Peters, who was employed at the car dealership, was ordering tires from a tire manufacturer that was used by the car dealership.
When the tires were delivered, Peters would provide the invoice slip to the car dealership to pay, but wrote a fictitious Repair Order number on the invoice.
The fictitious number corresponded to a vehicle that could not possibly use the tires. In several cases, large off-roading tires were obtained for small vehicles.
Instead, Peters loaded the tires into his personal vehicle and took them to another location. A total of 55 tires were ordered, with a total value of $21,409.02.
Investigators spoke with Peters and he admitted to selling the tires to various friends in Bay County and pocketing the profits. He was arrested and taken to the Bay County Jail.
