A 53-year-old Dexter, Michigan woman was arrested Friday
night after she was stopped in a stolen rental car, but then ran out of
Mariners Hospital where she was being medically examined.
Barbara Jean Harber was charged with grand theft of a motor
vehicle and resisting arrest.
The Sheriff’s Office received information 4:30 p.m. Friday
that a gray Nissan Altima® had been reported stolen by Roam Rental Car® in
Miami-Dade County. Sgt. James Hager and Deputy Victor Morales spotted the car
traveling southbound at Mile Marker 102 on U.S. 1 and stopped it. Harber
admitted she was behind on payments to the rental car company, but believed she
could work out a solution, thus she continued to drive the vehicle. Harber
appeared to be ill and was dry heaving. She taken to Mariners Hospital in
Tavernier.
Harber ran out of her room at the hospital, through the
front entrance and toward the McDonald’s® restaurant. An employee there told
Deputies a woman was hiding in a dumpster behind the business.
Harber was taken back to the hospital where she was
medically cleared.
Harber was taken to jail thereafter.
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