Three Charged After Car Stolen In Florida, Burned in Alabama

September 18, 2014

[Updated 8 a.m.] Three people have been arrested in connection with a vehicle that was stolen in Florida early Tuesday morning and burned a short time later in Alabama.

The third suspect, Dale Lynn Carnley, was taken into custody at 7:21 a.m. Thursday after being discharged from the Monroe County Hospital in Monroeville, Ala.  He was arrested by the Monroeville Police Department after  being recognized from media reports by hospital staff. He will be transported to the Escambia County (AL)  Detention Center in Brewton.

The incident  began about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after a female victim picked up acquaintance Dale Lynn Carnley, age 32 of Flomaton, and former live-in boyfriend Shawn Earl Barrows, age 35 of Century. She gave them a ride to her home in the 7500 block of Killam Road outside Century, where both suspects began to “drink beer and hang out”, according to an Escambia County (FL) Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

The victim told deputies that Barrows became angry and began to hit and shove her. She said she tried get away, but was stopped by Carnley who kicked her to the floor before both men continued to beat her. The victim told deputies that she managed to run out of the house to a neighbors for help, and she watched as they two men took her 2006 Pontiac G6 without permission.

The female victim was transported by Escambia County (FL) EMS to Atmore Community Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

According to Flomaton Police Chief Brian Davis, the Pontiac G6 was then driven into Alabama  to a location on Highway 31 in Flomaton, near the former Bondurant Lumber Company, It was reported to be on fire at 2:38 p.m. According to Davis,  40-year old Christopher Vanhoosen of Titi Street in Flomaton has knowledge that his friends, Barrows and Carnley, were going to burn the car.

Barrows was arrested at his Tedder Road address in Century and booked into the Escambia County (FL) Jail on charges of  grand theft of a motor vehicle and first degree battery.  The Flomaton Police Department also has charges against Barrows for the vehicle fire.

Carnley will be charged by the Flomaton Police Department for receiving stolen property first degree and criminal mischief first degree. He is also expected to face additional charges in Florida.

Vanhoosen, who police said had knowledge of that the vehicle would be burned, was charged by Flomaton Police with criminal conspiracy to commit criminal mischief first degree.

Anyone with information on Dale Lynn Carnley’s whereabouts is asked to call the Flomaton Police Department at (251) 296-5811 or their local law enforcement agency.

Comments

6 Responses to “Three Charged After Car Stolen In Florida, Burned in Alabama”

  1. kayla on September 18th, 2014 11:24 pm

    All I can say is wow

  2. BT on September 18th, 2014 9:48 am

    Maybe they were just looking into the gas tank with a cigarette lighter to see how much fuel was left.

  3. neighbor on September 18th, 2014 9:13 am

    Cell phone calls and texts leave a trail. Larry, Moe and Curly are exactly where they belong.

  4. ladyrebel on September 18th, 2014 8:20 am

    I do not understand why Chris was arrested? It does not say they went to his house or that he was there. I know it says he has knowledge they were going to burn the ar but HOW did he have knowledge and how do they know he knew?

  5. Jules on September 18th, 2014 5:38 am

    Dale Carnley was stealing as a teenager in the early nineties in the Stanley Crossroads area from his family’s lifelong neighbors and us. I see things have not changed for him. Sometimes teenagers make bad decisions then grow up. I’ve kept up with him over the years and he will follow God for awhile but he always returns to his chosen path.

  6. Ponch on September 18th, 2014 2:14 am

    There’s another address on Tedder Road in Century that would be a more fitting residence for these two woman-beating-arsonists and their conspirator buddy.

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