Monroe Township woman indicted for shoplifting over $10,000 worth of merchandise www.privateofficer.com

Westfield NJ Feb 5 2013 Darla Mccully, 27 of Monroe Township was indicted by a county grand jury this week for allegedly shoplifting from Kohl’s in Marlboro Township.
According to the county indictment, Mccully allegedly shoplifted a total of over $10,000 worth of merchandise on several occasions.
The record also alleges Mccully “used a juvenile” to commit the crime. The juvenile is not named, but is 14-years-old. Mccully is also charged with several counts of endangering the welfare of a minor.
Mccully is charged with four counts of shoplifting on four separate occasions in August, 2012.
An indictment is not a finding of guilt or a conviction, and all defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty.

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Two Lakeland women , accused of shoplifting more than $70,000 worth of merchandise www.privateofficer.com

 

LAKELAND Fla July 10 2012

Two Lakeland women were arrested late Thursday, accused of shoplifting more than $70,000 worth of merchandise from stores in Hillsborough and Polk counties, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Nadia Blackburn, 29, of 6546 Evergreen Park Drive, and Stephanie Couture, 31, of 3120 Bonnybrook Drive South, were charged with grand theft following an investigation by Polk detectives that began in 2011.

The charges against the two women were filed by the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution on Thursday. The two were arrested and booked into the Polk County Jail on Thursday night and released early Friday after posting $1,000 bail each, according to jail records.

Blackburn, who is a nurse with Bartow Regional Medical Center, and Couture, who operates Coupon Cutters Co., are accused of shoplifting from numerous stores and selling the items on eBay, according to sheriff’s detectives.

Blackburn operated under the eBay account name of NVBNautica and Couture operated the Always28smiling account.

Blackburn did not return a call for comment and attempts to reach Couture were unsuccessful.

“The women independently and together removed merchandise from stores using various concealment methods,” PCSO spokeswoman Donna Wood wrote in a press release. “Both women admitted to taking their children along during their shoplifting outings.”

While detectives were conducting an ongoing investigation of Blackburn, she was arrested by Hillsborough County deputies March 6, 2011, for shoplifting at J.C. Penney’s at the Brandon Town Center, according to reports. At the time, her son was with her, the press release said.

Wood said Polk detectives took the opportunity to question Blackburn about her activities. She told them she had been shoplifting for about 11 years and would sell the items on eBay for extra money, reports said.

Through research, Polk detectives learned her eBay account had been opened in July 2002, reports said.

At the time of her 2011 arrest, Polk detectives also questioned Blackburn’s husband, Paul Blackburn, Wood said. He first denied knowing about the alleged shoplifting, but in later interviews with detectives he said “he knew his wife routinely stole items, but he said he disapproved of the behavior.”

During the time of Paul Blackburn’s questioning, Couture arrived to help with the children, detectives wrote.

She initially denied knowing about her friend’s shoplifting, but later told detectives after learning of the ongoing investigation that Blackburn had taught her how to shoplift, according to reports.

After obtaining a search warrant for Blackburn’s Lakeland home, detectives found about $70,000 of merchandise from area stores. Some of the merchandise still had the price tag attached, reports said.

Source:theledger.com