Milton man charged after Lewisburg golf cart theft, towing case

A Lewisburg golf cart vanished in a route that wound from St. Catherine Street to Milton, and investigators say the trail started with a note left near a Dumpster.

Ronald Eugene Brion Jr., 51, of Auman Street in Milton, was charged after the Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department said he first left a note on the cart asking about ownership, then came back hours later and took it. The cart was then towed from Lewisburg to his Milton home, turning what began as a strange curbside encounter into a cross-town property crime case.

Security video added another piece to the timeline. Investigators said footage from May 17 captured Brion using a Ram pickup truck to secure and steal a six-seater white golf cart that had been parked in Lewisburg. Police said the truck’s registration plate helped identify him.

One account said the golf cart had been parked in front of the victim’s home on St. Catherine Street, a detail that gives the case a sharper neighborhood feel for Lewisburg residents. Instead of a public lot or a business parking area, the cart was reportedly sitting outside a home in a borough where familiar streets can be walked in minutes and where a vehicle can be gone almost as quickly.

The Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department said Brion was charged with two counts. The case stands out not just because it is unusual, but because it shows how easily a low-speed vehicle can be moved out of sight in a small-town setting. In Union County, where the population was estimated at 42,313 on July 1, 2025, and Lewisburg and Milton had estimated populations of 5,226 and 6,457, respectively, a theft like this can travel fast through a compact corridor of close-knit borough streets.