Crime & Safety

Neptune Woman Indicted on Charges She Stole ATM Card in Aberdeen

A Monmouth County Grand Jury handed up the indictment Tuesday

A Monmouth County Grand Jury voted to indict a Neptune woman on charges that she stole an ATM card in Aberdeen Township and then used it at several locations.

Investigators say that Kristen Russo, 58, between Aug. 1 and Nov. 25, 2011, stole a Bank of America ATM card/credit card and removed $500 from the victim's bank account. Russo, according to the indictment, also allegedly used the ATM card at a dentist's office and at an inn.

She is charged with theft of movable property and fraudulant use of a credit card.

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Both are third degree crimes.

An indictment does not indicate a conviction, only that the charges may be brought to trial.

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