Berwyn Woman, 65, Busted in Theft Inside Bank

NEWTOWN SQUARE– Newtown Township Police police say they caught a woman suspected in the theft of a pair of $450 prescription sunglasses at TD Bank in Newtown Square on July 30. 

According to the police incident report, a customer left a pair of sunglasses on a counter after writing a check. When the customer returned from the teller window the glasses were gone.

According to police, security video shows another woman with a dog  picking up the sunglasses and placing them in her purse before going to the teller window.

The woman with the dog was identified as a 65-year-old woman from Berwyn. Police have not released her name.

On Aug. 26, police questioned her about the July 30 sunglasses that disappeared at the TD Bank in Newtown Square. Police say the woman responded, "I took the sunglasses."

The woman faces three misdemeanor charges of Theft by Unlawful Taking or Disposition; Theft of Property Lost, Mislaid, or Delivered; and Receiving Stolen Property.