PALM COAST, Fla. (WFLA) — A Popeyes worker is becoming a member of her pal in jail after she allegedly stole a buyer’s bank card and despatched cash to a state jail inmate.
In response to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Workplace, a buyer reported seeing an worker at Popeye’s in Palm Coast tapping her bank card twice whereas within the drive-thru final month, as soon as for her order after which once more to a cellular phone.
The sufferer stated later that day, she discovered a $311.90 cost on her account.
Detectives found that the Popeye’s worker, recognized as 48-year-old Chaniqua Richberg, of Palm Coast, used the sufferer’s cash to make a commissary cost to an inmate at Apalachee Correctional Establishment — a state jail for males in Sneads.
“This lady thought she might get away with stealing from a buyer and giving cash to a state jail inmate,” Sheriff Rick Staly stated. “However unfortunate for her, the shopper was paying consideration and seen the fraudulent cost, so now Richberg will get to hitch her pal in jail!”
Richberg was arrested at Popeyes for expenses together with fraudulent use of private ID info, fraudulent use of a bank card, and illegal use of a two-way communications system. She was taken to the native jail and was later launched on a $7,500 bond.
WFLA.com has reached out to the state jail for info on the inmate and funds that have been despatched.
