Press Release Polk County Sheriffs Office
On Friday, October 24th, at about 10:30 pm, a woman returned to her Auburndale apartment to find that her front door was damaged with signs indicating that someone had broken in.
A short time later, she saw the burglar fleeing from her residence, and she recognized the man as someone she used to associate with.
When deputies arrived and entry was made into the apartment, it was discovered that the suspect had rummaged through personal items. A glass pipe containing methamphetamine was also recovered.
The suspect was identified as 31-year old Dustin Gene Kelton of Lake Wales, and he was out on bond with pre-trial release conditions that prohibited him from having any contact with the victim.
Deputies followed-up on some information regarding Kelton’s possible whereabouts, and that information led to his capture on Greenwood Street in Lakeland.
Dustin Kelton was taken to the Sheriff’s Processing Center and charged with Burglary, Violation of Pre-Trial Release, and Criminal Mischief.
Additional charges are pending the results of fingerprint analysis on the glass pipe.
