A Prime delivery it wasn’t. A woman told police she was just trying to get back to San Jose when she allegedly swiped an unoccupied Amazon delivery van from its unsuspecting driver in Palo Alto last week, authorities said.

On Thursday afternoon, an Amazon delivery driver called Palo Alto police to report that a person had just stolen his van, which was loaded with packages.

The delivery driver had parked the van in the 400 block of West Charleston Road in Palo Alto while he hopped out to make a delivery, leaving the keys in the ignition and the engine running, police said.

When he returned, he saw the van being driven away. He watched it make a U-turn on West Charleston Road and then head southwest on El Camino Real.

Amazon dispatchers worked with police to track the van’s travel, and the woman ended up parking it at an Amazon facility in the 900 block of McLaughlin Avenue in San Jose. All of the packages inside the van were accounted for and the woman allegedly told police that she just needed to get back to San Jose.

The 36-year-old woman was booked into county jail on suspicion of felony vehicle theft and committing a felony while out on bail, which is also a felony.

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.