Women lure man to beach, steal wallet
PANAMA CITY BEACH - A Wisconsin spring breaker was expecting a little lovin' when he followed two ladies onto the beach Monday night. The encounter, however, turned out to be a planned robbery, not a love connection, police said.
The females, Leslie Taylor Johnson, of Ashford, Ala., and Anna G. Poole, of Marianna, met the victim in a Front Beach Road bar, Panama City Beach police reported in a news release. They enticed him away from the bar and to the beach "by promises of sexual favors."
In a complaint affidavit, investigators noted the women stayed in contact by cell phone with four men: Samuel Douglas Livingston, Samuel Mitchell Pittman and Randall Evan Pacheco, all of Ashford; and Tyler O'Neal Tharpe, of Midland City, Ala. When the women and victim arrived at the beach behind Landmark Beach Resort, the four men walked up behind the victim, beat him and stole his wallet, police said.
According to the complaint affidavit, the group got the man's debit card, his driver's license and $80.
The victim, whose age was not available, called police, and they were able to nab the group shortly after the incident, said Maj. David Humphreys. All of them were charged with strong-armed robbery, beach police said in a news release.
Humphreys said this was an unusual case for the Beach.
"What we get more of (is) someone leaving the door open in a hotel and the thief taking your money," Humphreys said. "To physically rob somebody, fortunately, that's not a common occurrence here."
He added people should be cautious about going somewhere with a stranger no matter how tempting he or she might be.
"Be aware of your surroundings," Humphreys said. "Cast a wary eye toward people you're not real familiar with."