A Gassville woman has been arrested in Marion County after she claimed a truck she borrowed was totaled, but was later found in Sharp County.
According to the probable cause affidavit, the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a report of an unauthorized use of a vehicle. The victim stated 41-year-old Natasha Gilbert had come to his place of employment the morning of May 30 and asked to use his truck so she could go pay her water bill. Gilbert told the victim she would return in approximately 20 minutes.
Later in the afternoon, the victim told authorities Gilbert had contacted him, stating she had wrecked the truck alleging it was totaled. She told the victim it had been towed, but refused to tell him where it was located.
Two days later, investigators obtained information the vehicle was possibly in the Cave City area. With the assistance from the Sharp County Sheriff’s Office, the truck was located at a business in Evening Shade. Employees told law enforcement they were suspicious and stated a female showed up to pick up the truck. When she was told the authorities were going to be contacted, the woman then a hurry. Employees stated they kept the keys for safekeeping.
Investigators discovered the truck had not been wrecked or towed as Gilbert had stated. It has been parked and abandoned at a shop in Evening Shade without the victim’s knowledge.
Gilbert has been charged with one felony count of theft of property. She was arrested in Marion County where she was booked into the Marion County Detention Center and released on $5,000 bond.
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