Couple Faces Charges for Waldo Business Equipment Theft

WALDO ‒ A Gainesville couple was arrested Monday, June 23, 2025, in connection with the theft of lawn maintenance equipment from the Pilot gas station at 17276 N.E. U.S. Highway 301 in Waldo.

According to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, 39-year-old Lindsay May Sheddan, an employee at the gas station, is accused of providing her husband, Christopher Eugene Sheddan, 42, with a key to the business’ maintenance storage shed. Surveillance video reportedly shows Lindsay handing Christopher a key while she was behind the front counter. A separate camera captured Christopher loading a weed eater, backpack blower and water pump from the shed into his vehicle.

The gas station manager told deputies that only management and maintenance personnel should have had access to the storage shed key and that regular employees had no reason to possess it.

Deputies say Christopher later sold the stolen equipment to a private party and that Lindsay assisted in the theft.

After being read his Miranda rights, Christopher reportedly confessed to stealing and selling the backpack blower and weed eater. Lindsay, however, denied involvement, claiming she handed Christopher her phone, not a key. Deputies reported that surveillance footage contradicted her statement.

Both individuals were charged with burglary of an unoccupied structure, dealing in stolen property, grand theft, and petit theft.

Christopher has a criminal record that includes seven felony and eight misdemeanor convictions. His bail was set at $45,000 by Judge Meshon Rawls.

Lindsay, who has no prior criminal history, was also held on $45,000 bail set by Judge Rawls.

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