Crime & Safety
Detectives: Dunedin Man Pawns Stolen Goods
Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives believe that Teddy Allen Palinkas pawned a cordless drill and an air compressor that belonged to someone else on Friday in Dunedin. He faces felony charges.
A Dunedin man is accused of pawning $80 worth of stolen items at Southern Pawn on Friday, according to Pinellas County arrest records.
Authorities believe that Teddy Allen Palinkas, 26, of Cedarwood Avenue, took a stolen battery-operated, cordless drill with two batteries, a battery charger and a flashlight accessory and a three-gallon air compressor to the Main Street pawn and jewelry shop shortly after 4 p.m. May 17, according to arrest records.
Palinkas, who is unemployed, received $30 for the cordless drill and accessories and $50 for the air compressor, Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives reported in arrest records.
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Records indicate Palinkas may have been under the influence of drugs.
He provided authorities with no information about how the items were obtained, but after receiving his Miranda rights, told detectives that a 17-year-old friend related to the victim, asked him to pawn the items, according to arrest records.
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Palinkas was arrested Friday at 11:15 p.m. and was charged with the following felonies: two counts dealing in stolen property and two counts false verification of ownership.
He is in custody at Pinellas County Jail.
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