A convicted golf cart thief is back in jail after violating his probation.
Jessie Lee Curtis, 40, of Summerfield, was booked Thursday without bond at the Lake County Jail.
He has a long criminal history and in 2018 was sentenced to three years in prison in the theft of a golf cart. He was released from prison on Jan. 1, 2020.
In 2017, Curtis admitted to stealing a 2011 Yamaha golf cart from the parking garage of Freedom Pointe in The Villages. He said he later sold the stolen golf cart in Marion County.
He indicated he had been involved in other golf cart thefts.
Curtis said he stole the golf carts because of a drug abuse problem.
Last week, a Villager complained after another golf cart thief landed back behind bars. He was also a repeat offender in the theft of golf carts in The Villages.