Nuts to all the feel good crap. The girl is a thief. Any way you slice it, she is a God rotting thief.
Apparently she did what she did because her safety and perhaps life depended on it. She was also apparently sorry for what she did. Now, I am about as bad a Christian as you can possibly get, but I would forgive her, if the story was true.
The girl saw the Sheriff department car in the drive. She had made some bad choices up to the point she went after the bicycle but seeing the patrol car, she amplified her bad choices by not seeking help from the lawman instead of stealing. I am sure she is sorry now but so are many other criminals. To me, thievery is on par with murder.