A teenage girl was arrested after reportedly fleeing in a stolen vehicle before hitting a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle.
TOWN ‘N’ COUNTRY, Fla. — A 16-year-old was arrested for stealing a vehicle before hitting a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle, officials say.
Deputies say the teen girl stole the vehicle in the area of Sheldon Road and West Hillsborough Avenue in Town ‘n’ Country.
As officials tried to stop her, she kept fleeing and eventually hit a marked patrol vehicle while trying to get away.
The teenager was arrested and is charged with grand theft motor vehicle, fleeing to elude, resisting an officer without violence and possession of drug paraphernalia.
10 Tampa Bay News is not identifying the teenager due to her age.