A Clay County woman has pled guilty to buying a vehicle from a Mountain Home dealer and then selling it for scrap without making overdue payments.
Thirty-one-year-old Virginia Tate was given 20 days in jail and put on probation for six years and ordered to pay restitution of slightly more than $2,000 during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.
According to the probable cause affidavit, the dealer said he sold the vehicle, valued at $3,200, to Tate and another female, and he retained a lien.
The dealer reported the women fell behind in payments, and he discovered they had moved to Rector in Clay County. The move apparently was prompted by the release from prison of Tate’s boyfriend.
When the dealer sent a person to Rector to pick up the vehicle, it was discovered Tate had sold it to a recycling company, and it had been crushed.
At the time of the sale to the recycling company, Tate signed a document attesting she owned the vehicle free and clear. The company also had pictures of the car and Tate’s driver’s license.
According to the recycling company, Tate was paid slightly more than $183 for the vehicle.
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