{"id":301,"date":"2008-11-26T16:31:32","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T20:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/blog\/?p=301"},"modified":"2009-04-14T16:35:22","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T20:35:22","slug":"woman-accused-of-stealing-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/blog\/2008-11-26\/woman-accused-of-stealing-mice\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman accused of stealing mice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seen in today’s local paper<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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A Johnstown woman was jailed after authorities said she tried to steal several small animals from a local pet store.<\/p>\n

City police said Jennifer Lauren Jury, 42, of Broad Street, entered Animal Jack’s Pet Shop on Fifth Street on Monday and made her way to the second floor.<\/p>\n

As Jury came downstairs and tried to leave the store, an employee noticed three hamsters and two mice in her purse.<\/p>\n

“I could see them crawling out of her purse,” the employee said.<\/p>\n

When the employee confronted her, Jury took the animals out of her purse and left the store, police said.<\/p>\n

Jury was found at her residence, where police said she admitted she had been arrested for retail theft twice before.<\/p>\n

Jury was charged with retail theft and arraigned by District Judge Michael Musulin of Johstown. She was sent to the Cambria County Prison after failing to post $5,000 bond.<\/p>\n

The hamsters and mice were valued at $4, police said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The story prompts numerous thoughts:<\/p>\n