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After a traffic accident, the 15-year-old driver was charged with grand theft auto.
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OKEECHOBEE — After a traffic accident, a 15-year-old driver was charged with grand theft auto.
Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Deputy Horace Nicholson was dispatched to a home on Northwest 22nd Lane after Adriana Beltran was reported missing, along with her mother’s 2019 Ford Fusion. As Nicholson headed to the address, dispatch notified him the girl had been involved in a traffic accident at the intersection of Northwest Ninth Avenue and 12th Street.
Adriana was transported to Raulerson Hospital by Okeechobee County Fire Rescue after complaining of back pain. Okeechobee City Police Officer Cody Daigneault asked her what happened, and she reportedly said she did not know.
Daigneault’s report notes the vehicle the girl was driving was in an empty lot. It appeared she had drifted off the road and into the grass which caused the vehicle to slide across the roadway and then off the road altogether.
The cost of the damage was estimated at approximately $5,000.
After Adriana was released from the hospital, she was transported to the county jail, booked and then released into the custody of her mother. She was also charged with operating a motor vehicle without a license.
