---
title: "Man Drives Stolen Car to Court to Face Stolen Car Charges"
description: "This must be one of the most meta crimes ever."
date: "2018-03-09"
modified: "2018-03-09"
authors:
  - name: "Justin Hughes"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/justin-hughes"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/19110/man-drives-stolen-car-to-court-to-face-stolen-car-charges"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Car Theft"
  - "Connecticut"
  - "Crime"
  - "Stolen Car"
---

# Man Drives Stolen Car to Court to Face Stolen Car Charges

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On Wednesday, Jonathan Rivera drove himself to Hartford, Connecticut, Superior Court to face a charge of first-degree larceny and tampering with a motor vehicle. In what must be one of the most meta crimes ever, it turns out Rivera drove himself in another stolen car, [reports the *Hartford Courant*](<https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-hartford-stolen-car-to-court-0308-story.html>).

It turns out that parking authority agents were making routine license plate scans of cars parked outside the courthouse, and one car turned up as being reported [stolen](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/18879/would-be-car-theft-foiled-by-not-knowing-how-to-drive-an-electric-car>). Police were alerted and staked out the stolen car. When Rivera got in and tried to drive away he was stopped and arrested. He has been charged with second-degree larceny and taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s permission.

It seems silly if you are charged with a particular crime to commit it again on the way to court. If you were charged with public drunkenness you wouldn't chug a fifth of [Jack Daniel's](<https://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/18767/jack-daniels-and-indian-motorcycles-two-iconic-american-combined>) on your way to the courthouse? If you were charged with [speeding](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/18120/police-chief-wants-zero-tolerance-for-speeding>) you wouldn't... Okay, bad example. But showing up to face car theft charges in a stolen car? We don't recommend it.

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