34 Year Old Tries To Pass Herself Off As Teenager To Thwart Shoplifting Arrest
by Alex Lloyd Gross
On January 16 2024 Warrington Police were dispatched to the Wegmans store for a report of three people that were suspected of stealing over $550.00 in merchandise. They are accused of loading up a shopping cart and then Patience Owuso 34, from Fairfax Virginia allegedly put items in her purse and shopping bags. She was with Linc Timothy Hamilton from Newark, Delaware, They then wheeled the car of stolen swag to the vestibule where they waited for a car , operated by Tierrah Mack, 26, from Newark Delaware.
They loaded the stolen goods into the car and were quickly stopped by police. It was then that 24 year old Owuso tried to pass herself off as a 17 year old juvenile. It did not work. Police said she even resisted the officer and told him that she could not get arrested because she was only 17. She quickly found out that she was wrong and police found out her real identity.
She was charged with retail theft and providing fake ID to law enforcement. All three were taken to the Bucks County Prison under $70,000 bail- 10 percent by District Justice Gary Gambardella.