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<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#533c3e"><strong>Polk County Man, 36, who was arrested after he &#8216;took his 8-year-old son on a multi-day crime spree including burglary and car theft </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#533c3e"><strong>Ernest McKnight III, 36, of Lake Wales was arrested Thursday by County sheriffs and charged with several crimes including burglary and auto theft</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#533c3e"><strong>McKnight allegedly stole a surveyor&#8217;s idling car from a construction site and five days later was spotted rummaging through another car &#8211; hours before he swiped an Amazon package</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#533c3e"><strong>He allegedly told detectives he brought his son along because he &#8216;was trying to toughen him up… I don&#8217;t want him to be soft&#8217;</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#533c3e"><strong>Police ridiculed him on social media, posting a image of him captioned &#8216;Ernest Goes to Jail&#8217; in a reference to the 1990 comedy film</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ernest-McKnight-III-3.jpg" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Ernest-McKnight-III-3.jpg"/><figcaption><strong>Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office ridiculed Ernest McKnight III following his arrest, photoshopping him into a collage with a red Hyundai, an Amazon package, and the title of the 1990 Jim Varney comedy &#8216;Ernest Goes to Jail&#8217;</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A Florida ;father has been arrested by police after he took his 8-year-old son along on a crime ;spree. Ernest McKnight III told detectives he did it because he didn&#8217;t want the boy to be &#8216;soft&#8217;, police say. ;<br>McKnight, 36, was arrested Thursday by the Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and charged with a string of crimes, including burglary, automobile theft, and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. ;<br>McKnight who has flirted with the law most of his life, allegedly took his son, a minor, along with him while he carried out the crimes: &#8216;I was trying to toughen him up… I don&#8217;t want him to be soft,&#8217; McKnight allegedly told detectives. ;<br>McKnight allegedly began his spree in his home town of ;Lake Wales on November 7, when he stole a red Hyundai that was idling as its owner was surveying a nearby construction site.<br>Five days later, around 7 a.m., a man who had parked his Chevrolet HHR to walk his dog south of Lake Ashton allegedly spotted McKnight rummaging around in the vehicle.<br>McKnight fled in the stolen red Hyundai, police said. ;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ernest-McKnight-III-1.jpg" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Ernest-McKnight-III-1.jpg"/><figcaption><strong>Creating a crime dynasty: Ernest McKnight III, 36, of Lake Wales, Fla., is accused of bringing his 8-year-old son along on part of a multi-day crime spree during which he allegedly stole a red Hyundai and an Amazon package</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">McKnight, was arrested Thursday after police aircraft spotted the red Hyundai behind a home near Lake Rosalie. <br>Lake Wales Police hit McKnight with additional charges of eluding law enforcement, driving with a suspended or revoked license, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.<br>The Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office ridiculed McKnight on Friday, posting to Facebook a photo collage with his mugshot and a red Hyundai under the title of the 1990 comedy film &#8216;Ernest Goes to Jail.&#8217; ;<br>An Amazon package had a text bubble reading &#8216;Take Me, Ernest.&#8217; ; ;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ernest-McKnight-III-2.jpg" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Ernest-McKnight-III-2.jpg"/><figcaption><strong>Lake Wales Police further charged McKnight with eluding law enforcement, driving with a suspended or revoked license, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office ridiculed McKnight following his arrest, photoshopping him into a collage with a red Hyundai, an Amazon package, and the title of the 1990 Jim Varney comedy &#8216;Ernest Goes to Jail&#8217;.<br>On Friday a judge ordered McKnight, a career criminal, to be held in Polk County Jail on $22,000 bond. ;<br></p>

Cops arrest Florida dad, 36, arrested after he ‘took his 8-year-old son on a multi-day crime spree including burglary and car theft – because he was trying to “toughen him up”
