Police: Local woman caught on surveillance video wearing heels she stole from newbie

NEW BETHLEHEM BOROUGH, PA (EYT) — Police say a Brookville woman is facing charges after video surveillance caught her stealing from the New Bethlehem Borough Goodwill store.

Court documents indicate the Southern Clarion County Regional Police Department has filed criminal charges against a 37-year-old man. Amy Bluntof Brookville, in the office of District Judge Jeffrey C. Miller on May 13.

According to a newly released criminal complaint, SCCRPD Officer Waclav was dispatched around 11:03 a.m. April 10 to the Goodwill store in New Bethlehem, Clarion County, for a potential theft.

The store manager showed police video footage of the alleged theft from earlier that morning. The store manager said the suspect took a pair of heels. It was also reported that the suspect slipped them into the bag she was carrying, did not pay for the item and fled the store, the complaint states.

Store employees provided police with the license plate number of the vehicle the suspect entered and left. The vehicle’s license plate number was from a loaner vehicle from a company in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Officers then contacted the company and received the name Amy Blunt like the person using the vehicle. Blunt was using this vehicle while his vehicle was being serviced, the complaint states.

Officers attempted to contact Blunt by phone regarding this incident and left numerous voicemails expressing a need for maintenance, but have had no contact. Staff at the Greensburg business sent SCCRPD video screenshots of Amy Blunt unloading the rental vehicle of her belongings carrying the stolen shoes on the same day of the theft in New Bethlehem, according to the complaint.

SCCRPD contacted State Police in Jefferson County for a trooper to attempt to make contact with Blunt, but PSP also made no contact, the complaint states.

The heels that were illegally removed from the Goodwill area are valued at $7.99, the complaint states.

Blunt is scheduled to be arraigned at 10:15 a.m. Monday, June 17 on the following charges before Judge Miller:

• Stolen Retail Merchandise, Misdemeanor 2
• Receiving stolen goods, offense 3