NATALBANY, LA (WAFB) -
Investigators
said a woman is facing charges of burglary and theft after pawning lots of stolen jewelry.
The Tangipahoa
Parish Sheriff's Office said Taylor Kleinpeter, 21, of Natalbany was arrested Thursday.
Deputies
said they learned someone went to a pawn shop in Hammond and sold several items
reported stolen from a home in Natalbany on Dec. 3.
Detectives
quickly confirmed Kleinpeter was the person who pawned the jewelry.
Sheriff
Daniel Edwards reported as the burglary unit was preparing an arrest warrant,
deputies discovered there was an active warrant for her arrest on a theft
charge.
He added
detectives found out she was at home on LA 1064 and went there to take her into
custody.
TPSO said
only some of the items stolen from the home have been recovered.
She was
booked into the parish jail on residential burglary and theft charges.
Bond
information was not provided.
The
investigation is ongoing.
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Taylor Kleinpeter (Source: Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office)
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