BRADFORD COUNTY, Fla. — A business owner, along with the Bradford County Sheriff’s Office, helped stop a car theft in progress Monday afternoon near Temple Avenue and Brownlee Street.
Just after 1 p.m., a local business called 911 to report that someone had jumped into a customer’s vehicle and sped off.
Within minutes, BCSO spotted the stolen car heading south on U.S. 301.
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Deputies pulled the vehicle over in what officials called a “high-risk traffic stop.”
The driver, later identified as Jacqueline Williams, was taken into custody.
Sheriff Gordon Smith credited the business owner’s quick report and the teamwork between dispatchers and deputies for the fast recovery.
The vehicle was returned to its owner, and Williams was booked into the Bradford County Jail on charges of grand theft auto and driving under the influence, deputies say.
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