(Stillwater) — A Stillwater woman was arraigned Monday on a felony charge of receiving a Cushing woman’s taken credit card — that was left at a Stillwater convenience store four days before Christmas.
Alicia Renee Manning, 19, remains free on a personal recognizance bond pending her return to court Feb. 1 when she can ask for a preliminary hearing on the felony charge.
A Cushing woman reported on Dec. 22 that her credit card was stolen from a convenience store on North Perkins Road in Stillwater after she left it there the previous day, Stillwater Police Officer Scott Stookey wrote in an affidavit.
She said that the convenience store manager called her around 11 a.m. Dec. 21 and told her that her card was on his desk and to come get it, the affidavit said.
The victim said that she forgot and went home, but returned the next day to the convenience store to get the card, which was gone, the affidavit said.
She said that she checked her account and there were two charges on the card at the Walmart on Perkins Road in Stillwater, the affidavit said.
The desk at the convenience store in Stillwater was accessible by all employees, the affidavit said. The card was in front of a computer used by employees to clock in and out, the affidavit said.
“Alicia Manning was the employee on duty and got off,” around 11 p.m., the affidavit said. Video of the time when Manning got off work showed her changing from her white shirt to a red shirt and white jacket, the affidavit said.
Manning went to the computer where the woman’s card was located and used the computer, the affidavit said.
The Stillwater police officer went to Walmart and contacted security, which had video of the transactions in which the Cushing woman’s card was used twice, the affidavit said.
Manning was wearing the same clothes that she had on when she left work at the convenience store, the affidavit said.
“Manning went to one self-check-out and used the card, then walked over to a second register and used the card again,” the affidavit alleged.
“I later contacted Manning on the phone and she said she used the credit card,” Stookey alleged in his affidavit.
If convicted of receiving a taken credit card, Manning could be given as much as a three-year prison term and a $3,000 fine, according to the charge filed by prosecutor Charles Rogers.
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