GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office said a woman is in custody after stealing Sheriff Danny Rogers’ unmarked SUV outside the department.
The black Tahoe was stolen from the sheriff’s office Thursday evening around 5 p.m. Deputies said they found 31-year-old Jessica Parks, of Julian, NC, and the SUV at an Exxon gas station on East Gate City Blvd. near I-40 in Greensboro.
This theft was the latest in a recent series of criminal activity in which both official and personal vehicles of Sheriff’s employees have been targeted while parked at the Sheriff’s Office during working hours, GSCO officials said.
Deputies have video showing Parks trying to get into several parked cars at the Sheriff's Office.
Deputies took Parks into custody at the Greensboro Detention Center. She's charged with felony theft of a motor vehicle, felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle, misdemeanor larceny of personal property and resisting arrest.
There was no damage to the SUV and no one was injured.