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Quarryville police have been investigating the theft of shoes by children at the New Hope Community Closet, located at 128 Townsedge Dr. in East Drumore Township, which happened on May 16, according to a release by the department.
Their investigation revealed Koty Lauren Hess, 30, convinced her children, a 9-year-old and a 5-year-old, "to steal shoes from the popular second hand store," police say.
She was arrested on charges of Retail Theft, and two misdemeanors for Corruption Of Minors, by Quarryville police on Saturday, June 11, according to her court docket.
She has been held in the Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $5,000 in bail and her preliminary hearing has been scheduled before Magisterial District Judge Stuart J. Mylin at 9 .am. June, 24, court records show.
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