Homeless man arrested for stealing wallets from parked moving truck

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Reginald Lee Harrison Jr., 34, was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing wallets from a parked U-Haul at GRACE Marketplace.

The responding Gainesville Police Department officer reported that at about 10:30 a.m. on May 30, the victims walked away from the moving truck, which was parked at GRACE Marketplace, to get lunch. While they were gone, Harrison allegedly entered the vehicle and took the victims’ wallets before giving one of the victims the key to the U-Haul (which had previously been in the victim’s wallet), saying he found it on the ground.

A witness reportedly told the officer that she saw Harrison enter the vehicle after the victims walked away, and then he went into the back of the vehicle. The witness knew Harrison’s first name and reportedly said he “steals from everyone.”

Other witnesses reportedly said they saw “Reggie with the scar on his forehead” go into the U-Haul.

Post Miranda, Harrison initially denied entering the U-Haul truck, but then he changed his story and said one of the victims had asked him to get in the truck and look for the victim’s wallet. He said that while he was in the truck, it was possible that the two wallets could have fallen into his pocket or something. He said he found the key outside the truck.

The victims said they never asked Harrison or anyone else to go into the truck.

When the officer asked Harrison about the debit cards and other identification documents that had been stolen, Harrison reportedly told the officer that debit cards could be found in several spots, and Harrison eventually directed the officer to a garbage can in the 2300 block of NE Waldo Road that “might” have two debit cards belonging to one of the victims. The officer reportedly found two debit cards in the garbage can that belonged to one of the victims; Harrison reportedly said he’d heard an unknown male talking about where the debit cards were.

A search incident to arrest reportedly produced an identification card belonging to a third victim; Harrison said he found it on the ground.

Harrison, who is described as homeless in court documents, has been charged with burglary of an unoccupied vehicle and unlawful possession of another person’s identification information. He has three felony convictions (two violent) and 11 misdemeanor convictions (one violent); he has served one state prison sentence and was released in 2015. He was convicted of trespassing after a warning seven times in 2025 alone, along with fraudulent use of a debit card and possession of drug paraphernalia; he was last released from the Alachua County Jail on March 6, 2026. Judge George Wright set bail at $35,000 on the new charges.

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