NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — After stealing a car from a Norfolk car dealership, 25-year-old Zebulon Masiah Oliver was sentenced to one year and three months in prison on Thursday.
Around 2 a.m. on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, Portsmouth patrol ran the tags on a Chrysler 300 traveling in the city and discovered it was registered to a different vehicle.
They pulled the Chrysler over and found Oliver as the driver. The vehicle belonged to a dealership in Norfolk and contacted the dealership. A representative confirmed that they last had the Chrysler on their lot on Feb. 7, that a key to the vehicle was missing.
Using the Flock system, Norfolk Police investigators confirmed that the stolen Chrysler bearing the false tags was first seen being driven in Norfolk on Feb. 13. Based on that information, Norfolk investigators secured a warrant against Mr. Oliver for felony grand larceny of an automobile.
Oliver pleaded guilty as charged to the felony and was sentenced to serve one year and three months in jail, with another two years and nine months suspended on the conditions that he complete two years of uniform good behavior after his release.