BAXTER COUNTY, AR – Following an investigation by the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, 34-year-old Kristin N. Schlueter of Mountain Home has been arrested on felony charges related to the theft of multiple items from her employer, the Fancy Flea consignment store in the Gassville area.
Schlueter’s boss reported to the Sheriff’s Office on May 8th that he had discovered unusual activity on his video surveillance footage involving one of his employees, identified as Schlueter.
She was seen on video from April 30th to be removing small gold colored boxes from the vendors’ area and putting them in a common work area in the store. According to a report, she then put them in a larger box and handed them off to another person who carried them out of the store.
Sheriff’s Investigators checked area pawn shop records and found that Schlueter had pawned jewelry items at two different pawn shops. One of the vendor-victims kept a detailed list of all her jewelry on consignment, which included a photograph and description of each item.
The jewelry pawned by Schlueter matched the items listed by the victim. Sheriff’s Investigators interviewed Schlueter, but she denied having stolen items from the store.
After investigators searched Schlueter’s home on Wednesday, they found multiple pieces of jewelry and sale tags from her place of employment.
The vendor-victim later identified many of these items as hers. A second vendor later came to the Sheriff’s Office and also identified some of the jewelry as hers. The value of the stolen items is estimated to be $3,000.
Schlueter was arrested and booked into the Detention Center on Wednesday for charges of:
Breaking or Entering – Felony
Theft of Property – Felony
Theft of Property – Misdemeanor
She is being held on a $13,000 bond and will appear in Circuit Court on May 28th.
Schlueter’s boss reported to the Sheriff’s Office on May 8th that he had discovered unusual activity on his video surveillance footage involving one of his employees, identified as Schlueter.
She was seen on video from April 30th to be removing small gold colored boxes from the vendors’ area and putting them in a common work area in the store. According to a report, she then put them in a larger box and handed them off to another person who carried them out of the store.
Sheriff’s Investigators checked area pawn shop records and found that Schlueter had pawned jewelry items at two different pawn shops. One of the vendor-victims kept a detailed list of all her jewelry on consignment, which included a photograph and description of each item.
The jewelry pawned by Schlueter matched the items listed by the victim. Sheriff’s Investigators interviewed Schlueter, but she denied having stolen items from the store.
After investigators searched Schlueter’s home on Wednesday, they found multiple pieces of jewelry and sale tags from her place of employment.
The vendor-victim later identified many of these items as hers. A second vendor later came to the Sheriff’s Office and also identified some of the jewelry as hers. The value of the stolen items is estimated to be $3,000.
Schlueter was arrested and booked into the Detention Center on Wednesday for charges of:
Breaking or Entering – Felony
Theft of Property – Felony
Theft of Property – Misdemeanor
She is being held on a $13,000 bond and will appear in Circuit Court on May 28th.
