Fla. woman just out of prison allegedly steals car

[January 22, 2010]  NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) -- A 49-year-old woman has been jailed in Pasco County, accused of stealing a car on her first day out of prison.

Theresa Jones faces charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle, cocaine possession and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. She was being held on $7,300 bond.

Jones was released from Lowell Correctional Institution in Ocala on Wednesday at the end of a two-year, eight-month sentence. Authorities said she met a pen pal and they drove to a New Port Richey hotel. Jones took the man's car Wednesday night, saying she was going to buy beer. She was located Thursday morning.

Jones told authorities that she stole the car so she could get drugs.

It's unclear if she already has an attorney.

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Information from: St. Petersburg Times, http://www.sptimes.com/

[Associated Press]

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