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April 10, 2024
A Cantonment woman is facing felony charges after allegedly failing to return a U-Haul truck worth $125,000 that she rented in 2021.
Jennifer Lee Barnes, 40, was charged with failure to redeliver a hired vehicle and grand theft of a motor vehicle. She remained in the Escambia County Jail Tuesday morning with bond set at $25,500.
On May 17, 2021, Barnes allegedly rented a 26-foot 2018 Ford F650 U-Haul truck for one day from Eagle Riders Motorcycle on North W Street.
By January 2022, the truck was reported stolen, and Barnes was recently arrested on outstanding warrants.
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3 Responses to “Cantonment Woman Charged With Grand Theft Of $125K U-Haul Truck”
$125,000?!? I want to sell this dude his trucks.
@Mike J, where does it say it took two years to recover the vehicle? It took two years to serve the warrants. Also addresses that are presented are not verified and usually if they’re renting a truck they are moving. And when a vehicle has not been returned to a rental company, wether it’s a car or furniture or appliances, the rental company has to wait a certain amount of time and jump through hoops to satisfy the state before filing a report, they don’t have the option of making a report a day or two later after the date of return has passed. I imagine this is because this agreement borders on a civil side.
Wait, it took 6 months for U-Haul to report the truck as stolen? Then it took 2 YEARS to find the truck and arrest Ms. Barnes? I have rented these trucks before and all that paperwork you sign and proof of identity confirms your address, etc. The records should have been clear on the rental agreement. The people at the U-Haul location are not being good with their inventory tracking and coordinating with law enforcement. I hope for their sake that they improve their lack of efficiency.