An expired license plate tag on a minivan led to a Broward County woman’s arrest on a felony charge Sunday in Golden Gate after deputies learned the van was stolen, sheriff’s reports said.Jamie Marsha Stringfield, 22, of Fort Lauderdale, was charged with grand theft auto and driving on a suspended license.
Arrest reports say Stringfield was driving a white minivan in the Coral Palms apartment complex in Golden Gate shortly before 7 p.m. when a deputy on patrol noticed the license plate tag on the minivan was expired.
Further investigation by the deputy revealed the minivan had been reported stolen out of Broward County, reports said. The deputy also learned that Stringfield’s driver’s license was suspended after she twice failed to pay a traffic fine in 2004 and in 2006, reports said.
Stringfield told the deputy that she bought the minivan from an acquaintance for $500 two weeks ago. However, she did not have the proper paperwork for the vehicle, nor could she tell deputies how to get in touch with the acquaintance, reports said.
