Wynonna Judd's daughter Grace Kelley's wild rant to cops after she 'stole church van during heroin-fueled rampage'
Wynonna Judd's daughter has been accused of stealing a pastor's van in a 'heroin-fueled' rampage before telling police she sold her soul to the devil during her latest run-in with the law.
Grace Kelley, 28, was arrested on October 27 for allegedly stealing a $3,800 van from Kent Hart, 31, leader of the Ground Zero Church of the Nazarene in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The country singer's child, who herself has a two-year-old daughter, faces seven charges, including three counts of felony and grand larceny and driving without a license, Albemarle County Police told DailyMail.com.
She is also accused of destruction of property with intent, failure to use headlights and setting in motion a vehicle with intent to commit a crime, the department said.
Hart described the moment he allegedly saw Kelley take his van and trailer from the front of his home on a rural cul-de-sac while he was in the kitchen with his family on the Sunday evening.
'I'm talking to my daughter and I look out the window and I see the van leaving my house,' Hart told The Daily Progress.
The pastor chased Kelley down in his Chevrolet Yukon and boxed her in, forcing her to stop by the edge of Rolling Road.
'I'm like, "You stole my van, get out of my van," (while) beating on the door,' he said. 'And at this point, I see her very clearly. I saw her buzz cut and face tattoo.'
Wynonna Judd's daughter Grace Kelley (pictured in an August 2024 booking photograph) has been accused of stealing a pastor's van in a heroin-fueled rampage before telling police she sold her soul to the devil during her latest run-in with the law
Kelley is the daughter of country singer Wynonna Judd (pictured) and her first husband, Arch Kelley III, to whom she was married from 1996 until 1998
Kelley, 28, was arrested on October 27 for allegedly stealing a $3,800 van (pictured) from Kent Hart, 31, leader of the Ground Zero Church of the Nazarene in Charlottesville, Virginia
'It looked to me like she could have been high, like she didn't really seem like she was completely in her right mind,' he added.
Hart said Kelley drove off towards Virginia Route 20, until Albemarle police officer Corey Legg brought her to a stop around four miles away at Massie Branch Lane.
Legg wrote in a report that Kelley told police 'she had sold her soul to the devil' and that a male suspect had 'exited the driver seat and ran into the woods'.
'I advised the jail staff that she may have taken something,' he wrote, per The Daily Progress.
'I was later informed that the jail staff observed something inside of Ms Kelley during her body scan.'
Legg said Kelley tested positive for heroin during tests at the University of Virginia Medical Center later that evening.
Hart launched a GoFundMe page to recoup the costs of the vehicle, which he said is needed to transport congregation members and equipment to Sunday services.
'The van was damaged during the theft and after being inspected by a body shop, the insurance has determined it to be a total loss,' he wrote.
Kent Hart, 31, leader of the Ground Zero Church of the Nazarene in Charlottesville, Virginia, described the moment he allegedly saw Kelley thieve his van on October 27
She spent years in and out of Tennessee prisons on drug-related charges. Her rap sheet includes pleading guilty in 2017 to the manufacture, delivery and sale of methamphetamine
Kelley gave birth to her daughter, Kaliyah, while on a temporary leave of absence from jail in March 2022
'The van was only valued at $3,800 and after the body shop fees and deductible we are only left with around $2,200.
'We are a small church and cannot afford to buy another van in the current market.'
Despite the heavy blow to the community, Hart said he does not harbor any hard feelings toward Kelley.
'We want the community to know that on a personal level, we have forgiven Grace Kelley,' he wrote, while quoting a passage from the Bible.
'The Sunday following the theft, we turned off our livestream and held a special prayer service in which we began to pray for Grace and her family,' he added.
'We have continued to pray for her reconciliation, rehabilitation and redemption every Sunday.
'We pray that Grace will face the God given consequences for her actions and that these consequences will be a means of grace that aid in her recovery and redemption.
'If the opportunity arises to be a part of her redemptive process we would love to be a part of it in whatever way we can.
'We hold no animosity towards Grace and we hope and pray the best for her and her family.'
Kelley (pictured right in 2013) is the daughter of Wynonna and her first husband, Arch Kelley III - to whom she was wed from 1996-1998. Seen with Naomi Judd, Ashley Judd and Elijah Kelley
Police told DailyMail.com Kelley is still being held at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. She was previously busted for drug-related offenses and indecent exposure
Kelley has previous convictions in Tennessee, where her mother's music career is centered, for methamphetamine production, evading arrest and driving while intoxicated. (Pictured: Kelley in an April 2024 mugshot taken after she was arrested in Millbrook, Alabama)
Police told DailyMail.com Kelley is still being held at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.
Kelley is the daughter of Wynonna and her first husband, Arch Kelley III, to whom she was wed from 1996-1998.
She has previous convictions in Tennessee, where her mother's music career is centered, for methamphetamine production, evading arrest and driving while intoxicated.
The troubled 28-year-old also has pending cases in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee for charges including aggravated assault, trespassing, violation of a no-contact order, and failure to appear and allegations of probation violations.
She was last arrested in Carroll County, Georgia, in August on three misdemeanor counts: fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, driving with a suspended/revoked license and using motorcycle equipment improperly.
Before that, she was hit with a charge of soliciting for prostitution in Millbrook, Alabama.
Kelley was accused of holding up a sign on a busy highway reading 'Ride for a Ride' while flashing her breasts and other intimate parts of her body, local police chief PK Johnson disclosed in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com.
