{"id":3959751,"date":"2024-05-09T10:01:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/3959751\/colorado-woman-tried-to-steal-a-pickup-but-couldnt-handle-the-stick-shift-police-said\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T10:01:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:01:53","slug":"colorado-woman-tried-to-steal-a-pickup-but-couldnt-handle-the-stick-shift-police-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/3959751\/colorado-woman-tried-to-steal-a-pickup-but-couldnt-handle-the-stick-shift-police-said\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado woman tried to steal a pickup, but couldn&#8217;t handle the stick shift, police said"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><block><\/p>\n<p>BOULDER, Colo. (AP) \u2014 A Colorado woman\u2019s attempt to steal a pickup truck \u2014 shortly after she was released from jail on a car theft charge \u2014 was thwarted not by officers, nor the truck\u2019s owners, but by her inability to drive a stick shift, Boulder Police said.<\/p>\n<p>The woman had been released from jail on May 3 after being accused of stealing a car a day earlier, and walked down the road until she spotted a pickup truck with the keys inside. She then started the pickup, but apparently discovered she couldn\u2019t manage the manual transmission, so she got out and walked away, leaving the truck to roll forward and strike a fire hydrant, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The woman was arrested and now has a May 30 court date on new charges of motor vehicle theft, careless driving, driving without a license and failing to report the crash. 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