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Woman charged in theft scheme

A Reisterstown woman was arrested last week on charges of identity theft, two years after charges were filed against her.

Bridget Marie Smith, 30, with an address in the 13000 block of Hanover Pike in Reisterstown, was charged last Wednesday with four counts of theft scheme more than $500, four counts of theft more than $500, four counts of charging another person's credit card more than $500 and four counts of identity information theft.

In April 2009, a Harford County woman reported someone stole her wallet while she was shopping at Weis Market in Abingdon, according to charging documents.

The thief bought two Coach watches at Macy's in the Harford Mall with the woman's credit card.

A Harford County sheriff's detective learned someone by the name of Bridget Marie Smith allegedly pawned one of the watches along with Macy's gift cards.

As the detective continued the investigation, he learned Smith and another man allegedly stole credit cards from at least four other women, all from Baltimore County, while they were shopping at grocery stores, according to charging documents.

Smith, sometimes accompanied by her suspected cohort, Gregory Huntzberry, allegedly stole credit cards, purchased items at Macy's and sold the items at pawn shops or exchanged the items for gift cards then pawned the gift cards, according to charging documents.

Huntzberry is charged in several theft cases and has pleaded guilty in some of them.

Smith has been living out-of-state, first with her mother in Ohio, then with her grandmother in Virginia. It was unclear how police came to finally arrest her.

The thefts totaled more than $5,000, according to charging documents.

Smith is also facing similar charges in Anne Arundel County. In one Anne Arundel case she is charged with theft more than $500, two counts of theft less than $500, stealing another person's credit card charging another person's credit card more than $500 and in a second she is charged with theft less than $500, theft more than $500, stealing another person's credit card, charging another person's credit card more than $500, attempted theft less than $500, attempting to charge another person's credit card less than $500 and conspiracy theft more than $500.

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