CPD arrests couple on 137 charges; recovers $86K worth of property

COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – Columbus police have arrested a couple and on 137 charges including identity theft and burglary.

After several months of investigating, police arrested Cortez Porter and Amanda Burse.

Police also recovered more than $86,000 worth of stolen property.

Porter was charged with the following:

• Entering an auto
• Multiple thefts by taking of a motor vehicle
• Several financial transaction card thefts, and frauds
• Theft by deceptions
• Theft by receiving stolen property
• Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
• Possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime
• Possession of marijuana
• Several counts of burglary

Burse was charged with the following offenses:

• Multiple counts of entering an auto
• Several counts of financial transaction card fraud and theft
• Identity fraud
• Theft by receiving stolen property
• Criminal trespass burglary
• Theft by deception

Both suspects were taken to the Muscogee County Jail.

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