LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (CBS12) — A routine vehicle shipment took a wild turn when a Lehigh Acres man was arrested after deputies say he ditched his own car and took a customer’s brand-new 2026 Porsche for a spin instead of delivering it to the Midwest.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says the victim hired a transport company to ship his Porsche and two Honda scooters to Michigan on March 18. But two days later—despite the company claiming the delivery crew had been stopped by police—the victim noticed live tracking updates showing something unsettling: his Porsche wasn’t sitting in a trailer. It was moving.
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Deputies with the 2nd Precinct said they tracked the luxury car to the DMV in Lehigh Acres, where they found the hired driver, Alfonso Estrada Avila, behind the wheel. Estrada Avila reportedly told deputies he pulled the Porsche from the trailer because it was “smaller and more convenient” than using his own vehicle while trying to renew his driver’s license.
Detectives said they later found the trailer and the victim’s two scooters intact. All three vehicles were returned to their owner.
On March 23, 2026, deputies arrested Alfonso Estrada Avila in Lehigh Acres after he was found driving a customer’s 2026 Porsche he was hired to deliver, allegedly taking it out of the trailer for his own convenience while obtaining a new driver’s license. (LCSO){ }
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Estrada Avila was arrested and charged with three counts of grand theft of a motor vehicle, according to LCSO.