FROM STAFF REPORTS
AMANDA HEISLER
GRANITE SHOALS — Authorities charged a woman with credit card abuse against an elderly person after a couple identified the suspect on surveillance video making several purchases with their card, according to a report from Granite Shoals police.
Amanda Hiesler, 39, faces 33 counts of the charge, which is enhanced from state jail to third-degree felony due to the ages of the alleged victims.
The charge is punishable by up to 20 years in prison with a conviction on each count.
“We were contacted by an elderly couple who discovered a number of fraudulent charges on their credit card, said Granite Shoals Police Capt. Gary Boshears.
“We got some surveillance video from some of the stores where the purchases were made,” he said. “The victim was able to identify her off watching a couple of those transactions, and then she admitted to conducting the rest of the transactions in Granite Shoals.”
The woman had been employed by the couple, who are in their 70s, Boshears said.
About $500 worth of items including alcohol, cigarettes and food were purchased at Granite Shoals stores using the credit card between the fourth week in July and the second week in August, the report stated.
The investigator believes additional transactions occurred in Kingsland and Marble Falls.
Hiesler was booked into the Burnet County Jail on Aug. 18 and released on Aug. 22 on bond.
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