Stolen Vehicle Found Submerged In Bayou

July 13, 2016

A stolen SUV was found submerged in an Escambia County bayou Tuesday morning.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team and Escambia Fire Rescue worked to search the bayou of Lillian Highway and Dog Track Road to make sure there was not a victim in the water.  Members of the dive team were able to get the tag number from the vehicle, and deputies contacted the owner. She had reportedly been trying to sell the vehicle and had left it with a window down and keys in the ignition.

After the vehicle was pulled from the water, the Sheriff’s Office took the incident as an opportunity to remind residents to lock their vehicles to prevent th

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10 Responses to “Stolen Vehicle Found Submerged In Bayou”

  1. William on July 13th, 2016 11:20 pm

    >>>Is this possibly the same white SUV that the burglar in Cantonment was seen driving??

    No…unrelated

  2. GEORGE on July 13th, 2016 10:45 pm

    Is this possibly the same white SUV that the burglar in Cantonment was seen driving??

  3. Mike Hunt on July 13th, 2016 8:16 pm

    Booohahaha

  4. Bob C. on July 13th, 2016 6:09 pm

    DUMMY….
    Keys in ignition, window open, vehicle stolen.
    If I was the insurance company would tell the woman NO WAY for any sort of insurance claim.
    Enjoy your slightly soggy SUV and honey pot, keep paying those car notes and insurance premiums.

    Sounds like she hasn’t read the sheriff’s billboards all over the place.

  5. deBugger on July 13th, 2016 1:13 pm

    “You ain’t from around here, are yah? Where you wanna git to? The SWAMP? A’ight, let’s go.”

  6. Tom on July 13th, 2016 10:38 am

    sounds reasonable to me. trying to sell it, right

  7. Don on July 13th, 2016 8:39 am

    ahhh a few minutes with a hair dryer,good as new!

  8. bewildered on July 13th, 2016 6:33 am

    This is not the first vehicle that went into the water on this boat ramp. The last one I remember was a white Mercedes.

  9. tg on July 13th, 2016 6:32 am

    FOR SALE SUV with slight water damage.

  10. Molinoman on July 13th, 2016 4:25 am

    Window down keys in the ignition sounds believable that its an honest mistake to get out that payment lol

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