PORT ANGELES — A 22-year-old Port Angeles woman was arrested Sunday for investigation of theft and other crimes for allegedly running up charges on a credit card that did not belong to her, court papers said.
Heather Nicole O’Hara was released from the Clallam County jail on her personal recognizance Tuesday.
She was ordered to reappear in court Thursday.
The alleged victim told Sequim police that she likely dropped her wallet in the J.C. Penney parking lot April 29, police said.
The woman learned that her Walmart Mastercard had been used fraudulently 13 times at six Sequim locations on or about April 29, police said in the affidavit for probable cause.
The fraudulent charges added up to $1,157.35, police said.
Police developed probable cause that O’Hara was the suspect and arranged a Sunday meeting.
O’Hara admitted that she made some of the transactions, saying the card had been given to her and that she did not know it was stolen, according to the arrest report.
O’Hara was booked into the Clallam County jail for investigation of second-degree organized retail theft, second-degree possession of stolen property, second-degree theft, identity theft and forgery.
The Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will consider filing formal charges Thursday.
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