This week, the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office is investigating a credit card theft, and a woman is accused of using fraudulent prescriptions to obtain prescription drugs.
Check out all the crime stories that did not make the headlines this week and others you may have missed below.
York County
Richmond Road Miller Mart Reportedly Burglarized
The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in identifying a man accused of stealing from a convenience store.
Authorities said the suspect entered the Miller Mart at 6384 Richmond Road on Dec. 28, pried the back office door open and removed $750 from the desk drawer before leaving the store.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office tip line at 747-890-4999 or crime line at 888-LOCK-U-UP.
YPSO: Woman Steals Wallet, Uses Credit Card at Lowe’s
Investigators are searching for a woman accused of using a stolen credit card to purchase gifts cards at Lowe’s.
A post on the YPSO Facebook page said a woman claims she was at Martin’s Food Market on Monticello Avenue on Jan. 4 when a woman made contact with her, drawing her attention away from her purse.
The suspect then took the wallet out of the woman’s purse, authorities said.
Investigators believe the suspect later used the woman’s credit card to purchase gift cards at the Lowe’s on East Rochambeau Road.
YPSO said it is investigating several reports of credit card thefts in the area, many of which involve a suspect taking the credit card from the victim by means of distracting or pick-pocketing.
“Investigators believe that these suspects are connected with various other similar crimes through out Virginia,” the Facebook post said. “Please be vigilant in guarding your purse or from being distracted by strangers trying to lure you away from your belongings.”
Anyone with information on the thefts is asked to call crime line at 888-LOCK-U-UP or the Sheriff’s Office tip line at 757-890-4999.
James City County
Police Investigating Reported Stolen Checks
A woman claims more than $2,000 of checks were stolen from her Williamsburg home.
Officers received a report Jan. 17 stating 37-year-old Michael Heape, who is known to the woman, stole checks from her residence and forged her name on the checks, cashing them at three banks in James City County between Jan. 5 and Jan. 12.
The checks totaled $2,100, a police report said. The victim reported the incident to police after noticing the checks on her bank statements, authorities said.
Heape has been charged with four felony counts of forgery and uttering.
Woman Faces Charges for Alleged Prescription Fraud
A 29-year-old woman is accused of trying to obtain prescription drugs from the pharmacy with a false prescription.
Authorities said Mary Kathryn Honsinger, a James City County woman, stole a prescription pad from a doctor’s office in York County and used it to write false prescriptions for Oxycodone and Dilaudid — both pain relievers — and Cipro, an antibiotic.
Honsigner is suspected of presenting four forged prescriptions to three pharmacies in James City County on Jan. 19, 20 and 22.
She was able to obtain 45 tablets of Dilaudid, 20 tablets of Cipro and 45 tablets of Oxycodone before presenting a fourth prescription for Oxycodone and being denied the prescription drug after a pharmacist called the issuing doctor’s office, said Stephanie Williams, a spokesperson with the James City County Police.
Honsinger now faces four felony counts of making a forged prescription and four felony counts of attempting to obtain a controlled substance by forging a prescription.
In Case You Missed It:
- A woman accused of embezzling from This Century Art Gallery is heading to a grand jury.
- A 17-year-old boy has been charged in the shooting death of Tabb student Dylan Peters.
- One of four men convicted of breaking into a Lafayette Village apartment with a gun and robbing its occupants was sentenced Wednesday.
- A 22-year-old woman was sentenced for videotaping herself abusing her 2-year-old child.
- A man convicted of manufacturing meth in Williamsburg was sentenced Wednesday.
- The second man accused of breaking into vehicles in Tabb 10 months ago pleaded guilty Tuesday.
- A former William and Mary student pleaded guilty to dealing LSD.
- An 11-year-old boy is accused of brandishing a BB gun and threatening another boy.
- A 29-year-old man faces up to 12 years in prison for attempting to steal a woman’s purse outside of Target.
