This has to be one of the funniest cases of grand theft auto ever recorded. So good that there weren’t any charges pressed at all. Although stealing a 1989 Toyota Camry could hardly be listed as "grand" theft. More like "did you a favor" theft.
Woman’s Key Works in Wrong Car
ATHENS, Ohio (Feb. 6) – A college student who reported that his car
was stolen got a surprise when he learned a woman had mistaken it
for her daughter’s car and taken it — using her key.Kate Anderson of Athens became an accidental car thief when she
went to pick up her daughter’s car near an Ohio University building
last week. Anderson spotted the nickel-gray Toyota Camry and used
her daughter’s key to unlock the car, start the engine and drive
home- without realizing that the car wasn’t her daughter’s. Read the rest
The first thing I thought of when I read this story was my 1987 Chevy Corsica. With that car, you didn’t even need a key to start it. You just turned the ignition and the car started. With the Corsica I think the key hole in the ignition was just a place to store your keys as I remember multiple times driving down the road and hitting a bump, only to have the keys land on the floorboard.
HT to Sallyb for the story.
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