POLICE BEAT: Woman is arrested in vehicle break-in

Jacksonville police arrested a local woman early Monday in relation to a vehicle break-in caught on camera at Oyo Townhouse Inn on John Harden Drive, according to an arrest report.

Lavita Denise Newsome, 43, was arrested at 4:24 a.m. on charges of breaking or entering.

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After viewing security footage and speaking with a witness, an officer identified Newsome as the woman seen entering a vehicle and its trunk and removing items Sunday afternoon, according to the report.

An officer was dispatched Monday to a Shell gas station, where Newsome was found wearing one of the items stolen from the vehicle, according to the report. She was arrested and taken to the Jacksonville police station.

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