Palm Beach County Crime & Public Safety Update: Boynton Beach woman accused of taking co-worker’s wallet at assisted living facility

What happened: A woman in Boynton Beach is accused of stealing from a co-worker’s wallet at an assisted living facility, according to the Boynton Beach Police Department.

Background: BBPD says that Analia Del Carmen Penney was taken into custody after they began investigating a reported theft at Discovery Village Assisted Living Facility in Boynton Beach. A hair stylist who worked at the facility reported to police that her keys and wallet had been stolen from her purse while working.

Inside of the wallet was her driver’s license, multiple credit cards, $40 in cash, and a gift card. Later, the VIC discovered three unauthorized purchases totaling $435.86 at Chevron and Publix, according to the affidavit.

Surveillance footage from the Publix showed Penney using the stolen cards to purchase gift cards. She initially told officers that the payments were not fraudulent and that the VIC had paid her.

However, they found the VIC’s belongings on Penney’s person. BBPD says they also found PRESCRP bottles, loose pills, and medications prescribed to other people.

She was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card more than twice, petit theft, six counts of possession of a contr substance without a PRESCRP, and three counts of possession of a PRESCRP substance without a PRESCRP.

The available details are limited to the information verified at publication time. Readers should expect updates as the matter develops.

Any person identified in connection with an alleged offense is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.

Source: official sources including CBS12 News.