Florida woman takes cash from yard sale, gives the finger, drives off

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A Florida woman accused of stealing from a yard sale gave her victims a middle-finger salute as they attempted to chase her down.

According to WKMG, Susan Weitzel, 62, of Ocala, went to a yard sale hosted by two sisters and their mother inside The Villages on Saturday.

Weitzel asked a woman who was watching a cash box filled with $300 to get a bag because she wanted to buy a china bowl. As the woman left her post, Weitzel opened the cash box and placed the money in her pockets, according to WKMG.

When confronted by a witness, Weitzel took off toward her white Ford F-150 and got in. One of the victims reached the truck before it left, and tried to open the door, but it was locked. Weitzel gave the woman the middle finger before driving off, WKMG reported.

Authorities later found Weitzel at her home, only a half-mile from the yard sale. Police say she tried to escape through her back door to avoid arrest.

She was arrested and charged with grand theft and resisting an officer without violence.

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