Facebook Bragging Leads Officers to Suspect

Occurred on 1/21/13, 11:37am  Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle   800 Roseanne  1301210059

Senior Officer A. Guerra was given information that 16-year-old was driving a stolen minivan which had been reported stolen from the 7400 block of Skyking Drive earlier that morning.   The juvenile female had been boasting on her Facebook Page about cruising in a stolen vehicle.

Officer Guerra advised Senior Officer R. Pena and asked him to check the Flour Bluff address for the stolen car.  Officer Pena and back-up Officers A. Ostermiller and A. Guzeldere found the stolen car in the 800 block of Roseanne along with the car thief.

The juvenile was detained and booked at the Nueces County Juvenile Justice Center.  She was charged with Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle which is a State Jail Felony punishable by up to two years in a state jail and a $10,000.