Man charged in tiki hut theft

A loaded Cruisin’ Tiki heads out to sea from its base at Garrison Bight recently. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission arrested Tylyn Earl Morlang, of Missouri, on Wednesday in the theft of a similar vessel.

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Authorities arrested a man Wednesday night in the waters off Fort Zachary Taylor State Park for stealing a motorized tiki hut boat.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission arrested Tylyn Earl Morlang, 26, of Indepence, Missouri, on charges of grand theft with property damages in excess of $1,000, giving a false name to law enforcement and resisting arrest without violence, according to FWC spokesman Bobby Dube.