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Posted June 15, 2006 at 03:44 PM
By YVETTE HAMMETT-HULL
The Tampa Tribune
VALRICO - A 14-year-old Valrico girl was charged Tuesday with 26 counts of grand theft auto after telling investigators she stole the vehicles over the last month in eastern Hillsborough County “for the thrill of it,” sheriff’s officials said.
Lindsay A. Coleman, of 416 S. Mulrennan Road, and an unnamed accomplice stole the cars between May 15 and June 13 in Brandon, Valrico and Plant City, sheriff’s officials said.
The duo stole the cars from shopping center parking lots, driveways and other venues, sheriff’s spokesman J.D. Callaway said Thursday. They drove the cars for a while and dumped them, and in a couple of cases crashed them before setting off in search of another vehicle to steal, he said. They preferred Saturns and Honda Civics and Accords.
The value of the stolen cars, most of which have been recovered, was estimated at $120,000.
Other law enforcement agencies are investigating whether the girl and her accomplice were responsible for other car thefts in the Tampa Bay area, officials said.
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