Pennsylvania couple charged with taking, using bank card from friend who died on their couch
By APWednesday, January 20, 2010
Pa. couple charged with stealing from dead friend
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A northeastern Pennsylvania couple is charged with stealing a bank card from a friend who died on their couch and running up more than $1,000 in charges.
Investigators say they think the couple went through Kimberly Rose Lacey’s purse on Dec. 4 while emergency workers in Wilkes-Barre (WILKS’-behr-ee) tried to help her.
Twenty-five-year-old Michael Wheaton and 20-year-old Sabrina Tomcho are charged in Luzerne County with using a bank card belonging to the 40-year-old a day after she died.
Lacey’s husband, Matthew Lacey, says his wife died on a couch in Wheaton and Tomcho’s residence, but didn’t say what caused her death.
Police say the couple admitted using the card at several stores.
Wheaton and Tomcho waived preliminary hearings. They declined to comment Tuesday.
