PORT ANGELES — A woman accused of making $1,157 in purchases on a credit card that did not belong to her has been charged with five counts of second-degree identity theft.
Heather Nicole O’Hara, 22, of Port Angeles will be arraigned on the charges Friday.
Sequim police alleged that O’Hara used the credit April 28 and April 29 at several locations.
The owner of the credit card told police that she likely dropped it in the J.C. Penney parking lot in Sequim, court papers said.
O’Hara was charged for allegedly using the Mastercard card at Walmart, J.C. Penney, Northwest Tobacco Emporium and Rite Aid.
She told police that the card had been given to her and that she did not know it was stolen, according to the affidavit for probable cause.
Officer Anthony Bush used surveillance video from Walmart to develop probable cause that O’Hara was a suspect, court papers said.
O’Hara was arrested May 29. She was released from the Clallam County jail after her initial court appearance last Tuesday.
Formal charges were filed in Clallam County Superior Court last Thursday.
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