Cantonment Man Charged With Stealing Car, Burglary

August 26, 2015

A Cantonment man is behind bars after allegedly using force to steal a car and then using it as transportation as he committed a burglary the following day.

James Christopher Gulsby 32, punched and choked his live-in girlfriend to get the keys and take a 2010 Suzuki Kizashi car belonging to her father, according to an arrest report. The following day, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office receive a suspicious person call on Hound Chase Way, with the individual reported to be walking around with a black plastic box and a green garden hose.

They responded to find Gulsby in the backyard of a residence with a small crowbar and  pair of pliers. Deputies discovered the back door of the residence with pry marks that matched the use of a crowbar, and they reported finding a black box with tools and a green garden hose inside.

Gulsby was charged with domestic battery by strangulation, criminal mischief with property damage, burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, possession of burglary tools with the intent to use, and grand theft of a motor vehicle. He booked into the Escambia County Jail without bond.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News