Cynthia Legette apparently has a problem with store merchandise sticking to her fingers and hands, as she was charged recently with retail theft by police for third time in less than 60 days.
According to police, Legette, 57, of Bristol, was arrested on June 13 by Bristol Borough Patrolman Ritchie Webb after Wal-Mart security staff called in the alleged theft. Webb wrote in court paper work that Legette was “familiar” to him. Legette was allegedly trying to leave the store with a cart of merchandise valued at a little of $130.
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Previously, on May 16, Webb was dispatched to Wal-Mart for a report of Legette attempting to leave the store with a little more then $240 of merchandise in a shopping cart.
Two weeks later, according to online court records, Legette was arrested and spent several days in jail for retail theft and receiving stolen property as Tullytown officers arrested her on May 28. She was sent to Bucks County jail in lieu of 10 percent of 30,000. Two days later, the woman thief had her bail reduced to 10 percent of $10,000 and she was released after being behind bars for six days, court records show.
Legette was issued a mail summons to appear and answer to a third separate retail theft charge related to a June incident in Bristol Borough, according to court records.
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Legette was summonsed by mail last week to appear before District Court Judge Franks W. Perenteau Sr. to answer charges filed last week for retail theft.
Her date of appearances in Bristol are July 30 and August 27. She is scheduled to appear in front of District Court Judge Robert Wagner on August 19 for theft and receiving for the Tullytown case.
Legette told Webb, according to court paperwork, that she didn’t have any money for house supplies and that’s why she stole the items.
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Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
