On Sunday October 27, 2024 at about 12:40 am, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a 2006 Jeep Cherokee being stolen from the Mobil gas station on Raceway Road in Monticello.

A witness observed a woman get into the vehicle, which was left running at the gas pump and take off. A few minutes later the vehicle apparently entered the Sheriff’s Office complex on Old Route 17, drove across the lawn and struck a fire hydrant in the parking lot.

The vehicle then exited the Sheriff’s Office and continued on Old Route 17 where it eventually became disabled in the vicinity of the Center for Discovery, due to a blown tire. Deputies arrested the driver, Lindsay Houck, 28, of Monticello, NY.

She was charged with the felonies of Grand Larceny, Criminal Possession of Stolen Property and felony DWI. Under New York’s bail reform law, Houck was issued an appearance ticket and released. She is required to appear on November 18, 2024 at 9:00am in the Village of Monticello court.