TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Gulfport woman was accused of stealing mail and Christmas decorations from hurricane victims whose storm-damaged homes were abandoned.
Carol Ann Campbell, 38, was spotted by deputies on Sunday morning after a homeowner reported her car as suspicious.
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She walked out from the bushes along the side of the home, “made eye contact” with a deputy, and then got into her car, according to an arrest report from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. She was accused of driving away from the deputy when they tried to pull her over.
A search of her car turned up “mail items containing personal identifying information, credit cards,” as well as “several controlled substances,” according to PCSO. She told deputies she stole the mail from abandoned homes in the surrounding area, the arrest report stated.
Campbell was also found with a reusable bag full of Christmas decorations and ornaments, which she was accused of stealing from a storage container at one of the homes.