A woman was arrested, charged and released on her personal recognizance implicated in the theft of a motor vehicle after failing to return a rental car and allegedly altering its temporary license plate, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by the Office of the Attorney General.
Chelsea Arian Taimanglo was arrested Feb. 9 at the Guam Police Department’s Central Precinct Command in connection with the alleged theft of a 2025 dark gray Nissan Sentra rented from Nissan Rent A Car. Prosecutors allege Taimanglo stopped making rental payments on Jan. 15 and failed to return the vehicle despite repeated attempts by the company to contact her.
According to the affidavit, the vehicle was rented on Jan. 4 at a daily rate of $67.94. The rental contract states that failure to return the vehicle within 24 hours of the due date constitutes unlawful possession and authorizes the issuance of an arrest warrant. An all-points bulletin was issued after efforts to locate the vehicle were unsuccessful.
Police said the vehicle was located Feb. 9 at GHURA Housing Unit 72 in Yona. Officers observed the front temporary plate missing and the rear temporary plate altered with a black marker to resemble a different number. The vehicle identification number matched the missing rental car, police said. Taimanglo later admitted she knew the plate had been altered but denied altering it herself.
Prosecutors allege probable cause exists to charge Taimanglo with theft of a motor vehicle as a second-degree felony and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle as a misdemeanor under Guam law. The affidavit was signed Feb. 10 by Assistant Attorney General Curtis Van de Veld, chief prosecutor.