Woman in car stolen from airport is caught after wrong turn near Canada, officials say

A woman made a wrong turn in New York and ended up at the Canadian border — resulting in her arrest, officials said.

Following her mistake, she attempted to go into Canada but was refused entry at the Rainbow Bridge Border Crossing in Niagara Falls on June 5, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

A closer look at the Honda HRV she was driving revealed the car was stolen from the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, officials said in a June 6 news release. The vehicle’s identification number led officers to discover the vehicle was reported stolen.

Officials then learned the 24-year-old, who wasn’t identified in the news release, had an active warrant out of Broome County Sheriff’s Office in New York for grand larceny, according to National Crime Information Center data, officials said.

The woman was arrested and processed by CBP officers before she was transferred to New York State Police, according to the agency.

It wasn’t specified when the car, with an estimated value of $29,000, was stolen from the airport.

McClatchy News contacted state police for more information on June 6 and was awaiting a response.

This story was originally published June 6, 2023 at 10:37 AM with the headline "Woman in car stolen from airport is caught after wrong turn near Canada, officials say."

Julia Marnin

McClatchy DC

Julia Marnin covers courts for McClatchy News, writing about criminal and civil affairs, including cases involving policing, corrections, civil liberties, fraud, and abuses of power. As a reporter on McClatchy’s National Real-Time Team, she’s also covered the COVID-19 pandemic and a variety of other topics since joining in 2021, following a fellowship with Newsweek. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, she was raised in South Jersey and is now based in New York State.