Lincoln woman will spend a month in jail for selling stolen SUV

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A Lincoln woman was sentenced Tuesday for selling a stolen vehicle.

Megan Love got 60 days in jail for felony theft by receiving stolen property.

The 27-year-old was given credit for 26 days already spend behind bars, so she will serve just over a month.

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In October 2023, court documents say a Ford Escape was reported stolen in Greenwood.

Seven months later, in May 2024, two Lincoln Police officers saw it at the U-Stop at 13th and South streets.

Officers talked with a man who claimed to own the SUV.

He said he bought it from Love and didn’t know that it was stolen, police said.

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An arrest affidavit says multiple witnesses confirmed that Love had sold the Escape “under false pretenses that the vehicle sale was legal.”

Originally, Love also faced a charge of theft by deception, but it was dropped in exchange for her pleading no contest to theft by receiving.