FREEPORT — An unlicensed Brunswick driver faces vehicle theft charges after a joy ride with four minors aboard led to a hit-and-run accident Sunday, according to Freeport Police officials.

Alysha M. Spaulding, 18, of Brunswick, was charged with driving to endanger, operating a vehicle without a license, and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident after the hit-and-run collision reported at 1:43 p.m.

The vehicle, a 2001 Subaru, was reported stolen Saturday from the Regal Cinema parking lot in Brunswick, according to Freeport Police Lt. Susan Nourse.

Nourse said investigators do not know how Spaulding came into possession of the car.

Brunswick police received a report of the stolen car on Sunday morning from the owner, a Brunswick man, Deputy Chief Marc Hagan said Tuesday.

The man said that after attending a movie at the theater on Saturday, he was unable to start his car and called a wrecker. However, the wrecker driver couldn’t tow the car because the parking lot was full, and said he would return on Sunday.

At approximately 10 a.m. Sunday, the wrecker driver reported that the car was no longer in the lot, according to Hagan.

Nourse said Spaulding was driving with her younger sister and three other teens Sunday when Spaulding allegedly piloted the 2001 Subaru into a 2004 Volvo near the intersection of West and South streets.

Nourse said that Spaulding has been released following her arrest Sunday and is awaiting a court appearance on April 3 in West Bath District Court.

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