OKEECHOBEE — An Okeechobee girl was arrested Monday and charged with criminal mischief and grand theft of a motor vehicle.

According to Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office Deputy N. Wenrick’s report, the 13-year-old became irate when her mother told her she could not have her cell phone to contact friends. She went outside to her father’s truck, took a knife and began cutting the cloth seats. She also broke the dashboard. In addition, she took chalk and wrote an obscene word on the truck. When the truck alarm went off, the girl took off on foot. All of this was captured on video surveillance.

The girl’s sister later called to report that the 13-year-old had arrived at the sister’s home in a stolen truck. OCSO Deputy K. Reno and Deputy B. Cross went to the sister’s home and located the girl and a truck with a flatbed trailer attached. The deputies contacted the owner of the truck who advised he had not given anyone permission to drive it. The owner had left the truck unlocked with the keys inside the truck.

Jenna May Switalski, 13, was arrested Dec. 28 and charged with criminal mischief – $1,000 or more in damages, and grand theft of a motor vehicle. She was booked into the Okeechobee County Jail and then turned over to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Fort Pierce.