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Branda Shoemaker of Newville has "confessed to linking the victims bank account information to her Slice App and using it to purchase food and other miscellaneous items," on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Newville Police said.
Shoemaker's victim contacted the police and showed officers bank statements with $680 of fraudulent charges totaling in "approximately $680.00 was spent between Kanes Korner Pizza and Brothers Pizza via the "Slicelife" pizza ordering app," as stated in the release.
Newville police worked with the restaurants to confirm the orders and track down who placed them— which led them to Shoemaker.
She confessed in an interview and was arrested on charges of felon access device issued to another who did not have authorized use, and two misdemeanors for receiving stolen property and theft by unlawful taking of movable property, the police explained and court records confirmed.
Court records list the date of the first so-called "pizza fraud" as Oct. 15, 2022.
Shoemaker was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Vivan Cohick and released of her own recognizance. Her preliminary hearing has been set before Cohick at 11 a.m. on May 25, 2023, according to her court docket.
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