A man was arrested Friday after police say they found his getaway golf cart in a pond near a burglarized home.
Lady Lake police responded about 7 a.m. to a pond on Silver Oak Avenue in The Village of Silver Lake community where they found a golf cart partially submerged.
Officers saw the tracks appeared to come from the front yard of a home that had been burglarized, said Police Chief Chris McKinstry.
The newly constructed home backs up to the pond and the owners were out of home, McKinstry said.
After the cart was pulled from the pond, detectives found the owner was Michael Hawk, 46.
McKinstry said officers found Hawk with wet clothing, a stolen television and a set of keys belonging to the burglarized home.
He was charged with burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and grand theft.
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