Ithaca, N.Y. — Trumansburg police have accused a couple of stealing a grandfather’s truck and selling it to a scrapyard.

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Nicole Marranca. (Courtesy Trumansburg Police Department)
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Erik Motquin. (Courtesy Trumansburg Police Department)

Police say Nicole Marranca, 24, took her grandfather’s truck with her boyfriend, Erik Motquin, 32, and brought it to a scrapyard, where the truck was crushed.

Marranca and Motquin were charged with Grand Larceny, a fourth degree Class E felony.

Both Marranca and Motquin were sent to the Tompkins County Jail in lieu of a $5,000 cash or $10,000 property bond, according to a press release.

Felony hearings are set for Wednesday.

Kyle Friend

A senior at Cornell University, Kyle covers the affordable housing crisis for the Ithaca Voice. Reach him through e-mail: kyleafriend@gmail.com.