The 12th Circuit State Attorney’s Office declined to file a charge against a Bradenton man arrested in Holmes Beach in a van with shattered windows and a screwdriver in the ignition.
The state decided not to file a formal charge against Richard Wiley II for the motor vehicle theft, according to a May 5 memo signed by Assistant State Attorney Bill Greiner.
A Holmes Beach police officer pulled over the vehicle in April and determined it had been reported stolen.
Wiley told police the vehicle had been abandoned in his backyard.
In the memo, Greiner stated the vehicle belonged to a man who had been jailed since January 2016 and there was insufficient evidence to prove the theft.
