A Lancaster woman might have had second thoughts after she allegedly stole a pizza delivery man's vehicle late Sunday night.

About 15 minutes after city police received word of the 11:35 p.m. vehicle  theft at Lancaster General Hospital, officers spotted the missing 1998 Mitsubishi Galant in front of police headquarters on West Chestnut Street.

Diane Lynn Schley, 44, of 363 S. Ann St., was in the driver's seat, police said. Officers took her into custody, and she faces a theft charge, Officer William Genetti said.

The vehicle's owner, Yianis G. Hazipetros, 21, told police he had driven the car to General Hospital as he was making a delivery for House of Pizza, 23 W. Chestnut St., which is on the other side of North Market Street from the police building.

Hazipetros said he left the vehicle unattended and running in the traffic circle in front of the hospital's  emergency room.

Schley allegedly entered the car and took it without reason, police said. Why she drove it back to West Chestnut Street also is not known.

Schley and the victim do not know each other, and she had no permission to drive the vehicle, police were told.

In other police cases:

• Manheim Township police charged Stephen M. Frantz, 33, of Harrisburg, with theft following an allege purse-snatch incident Sunday afternoon inside the Giant food store, 1605 Lititz Pike, at the Lancaster Shopping Center.

A 68-year-old woman was shopping in the produce section when Frantz allegedly grabbed a purse from her shopping cart, police said.

The woman yelled for help as Frantz ran toward an exit. Three store employees tackled him in the store's vestibule and held him until police arrived, Sgt. Thomas E. Rudzinski said.

There were no injuries, and the purse was recovered. Frantz was committed to Lancaster County Prison  after failing to post bail, police said.

• An employee at the Kmart store, 1890 Fruitville Pike, on Friday morning foiled a shoplifting scheme that led to three arrests, Manheim Township police said.

Police said Angel L. Brody-Rabelo, 18, of 422 S. Prince St., and a 17-year-old Lancaster boy placed a television in a shopping cart and headed toward a store exit shortly after 7:30 a.m. The pair then handed the cart to an 11-year-old city boy who pushed it out of the store.

An employee watched what happened, and police were alerted.  Brody-Rabelo and the two boys were charged with retail theft, and Brody-Rabelo was additionally charged with corruption of minors, police said.

• Lancaster state police are investigating a shoplifting incident at Bird-in-Hand Farm Supply  at Route 30 and Ronks Road in Leacock Township.

Store manager Stephen Beiler became suspicious of a man who was in the store eight to 10 times in recent weeks, but purchased nothing except a soda on one occasion.

On Friday, Beiler followed the man around the store. The man picked up a cordless Dewalt drill battery, but set it back on a shelf after seeing Beiler, Cpl. Michael  Kapp said.

The man was back in the store on Saturday. After he left, Beiler conducted an inventory of the drill batteries and found one missing, police said.


Staff writer John M. Hoober III can be reached at jhoober@LNPnews.com or 481-6027.