Crime & Safety
St. Pete Woman Gets $600 For Selling Neighbor's BMW, Truck At Scrap Yard: Reports
Six charges are being filed against a St. Petersburg suspect who allegedly stole two of her neighbor's cars and traded them at a scrapyard.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A St. Petersburg woman is accused of selling her neighbor's pickup truck and their car to a recycling company after she allegedly stole both vehicles, according to multiple news outlets.
Fifty-five-year-old Rosalee Baker allegedly sold the neighbor's Ford F-150 and BMW to Small Planet Recycling in Hillsborough County, WFLA reported. The scrapyard company found out the vehicles were listed as stolen after they towed them to their property.
She completed a bill of sale and a request to cancel the title, WTSP said. She also received a total of $600 for the vehicles.
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Authorities traced the car back to Baker who provided her thumbprint on the cancel title form and she gave her Florida ID number. Police arrested her on Thanksgiving for the following charges: dealing in stolen property, felony false verification of ownership and grand theft of a motor vehicle.
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