Suspects agree to admit crime in signs
Associated Press
Nov. 3, 2009, 1:57PM
BEDFORD, Pa. — In exchange for no jail time, a woman and her adult
daughter have agreed to stand outside a Pennsylvania courthouse holding
signs saying they stole a gift card from a 9-year-old girl on her
birthday.
Fifty-six-year-old Evelyn Border and 35-year-old Tina Griekspoor
stood outside the court for 4½ hours Tuesday. They held signs that
read: "I stole from a 9-year-old girl on her birthday! Don't steal or
this could happen to you!"
Because the women agreed to hold the signs, Bedford County District
Attorney Bill Higgins says he'll ask for probation instead of jail when
they plead guilty to the theft.
Higgins says they swiped a gift card that the girl set on a shelf while a Walmart employee helped her.
The girl's mother planned to drive by the courthouse to teach her daughter the importance of obeying the law.