A woman was arrested after she decided to steal the tow truck that had just responded to her disabled vehicle outside of Ormond Beach, FL. Angela Estrella asked the tow driver if she could take his truck and took him seriously when he jokingly told her that she could.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office released a statement outlining the odd incident which started at about 9:30 a.m. when a deputy spotted a disabled vehicle at the 275 mile marker on northbound I-95 near Ormond Beach. He pulled over, checked on Estrella and radioed in a request for a tow truck. Since everything seemed to be OK, the deputy then left.

A few minutes later a wrecker from Universal Towing arrived. As he spoke with the 37-year-old (DOB: 5/9/76), she asked if he could take her to New York. He said that he couldn't go that far. Next, she asked if she could take his truck. He didn't take her seriously and said "sure." She responded, "Really?" The 46-year-old driver told her no and then used his cell phone to call the rental car company that owned the broken down vehicle. When his back was turned, Estrella got into the wrecker and drove away, nearly side-swiping a semi truck in the process. The tow truck driver then called the Volusia County Sheriff's Office for help.

The tow truck company was able to track the flatbed with a GPS system and reported that it had stopped at a gas station at 6020 SR 100, Palm Coast. A Flagler County Sheriff's deputy found Estrella inside the store buying diesel. A Volusia deputy responded and arrested Estrella, who refused to make a statement about the theft. She was booked into the Flagler County Detention Facility and then was later transferred to the Volusia County Branch Jail where she is currently in custody.

** I just ran across this little caveat to the story; Estrella had just been allowed to remove her house arrest ankle monitor by a judge, I guess the permission to take it off turned out to be a little premature.**