Deputies witness man steal vehicle after giving him verbal warning

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — The Collier County Sheriff’s Office said they saw a man stealing a car from a parking lot after receiving a trespass warning.

Rolando Matthew Quintana Jr., 34, was given the warning after the manager at a car wash said that Quintana appeared to be under the influence and was scaring customers who he had approached repeatedly.

When Deputies arrived, they gave Quintana a verbal warning and asked him to leave the property.

Moments later, after finishing his report, the same deputy left the car wash and noticed Quintana a half mile down the road, entering a 2007 Mercedes Benz in the parking lot of a bike store.

Quintana led deputies on a chase that ended after he abandoned the stolen vehicle and fled on foot.

Quintana tried to hide from Deputies by jumping into a landscaping truck and asked the driver to let him hide because he “just stole a car, and the cops were looking for him.”

At some point during the pursuit, the victim called deputies to report that her car had been stolen.

Deputies retrieved the stolen vehicle from the shopping center and returned it to the victim.

Quintana was charged with grand theft auto, fleeing and eluding, grand theft and resisting arrest without violence.