City woman cited with identity theft

A Watertown woman was jailed Monday morning under $15,000 bail after being charged by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department with four felonies and 10 misdemeanors.

April J. Johnson, 19, of 127 Winslow St., is accused of using the debit cards of two people, Michelle Wilson and Phillip Marra, addresses not provided, to conduct electroniccash transfers totaling $519.80 to her "Green Dot" card account at Sunoco, 1255 Arsenal St., where she was working, according to documents filed in town of Watertown Court.

Ms. Johnson awaits grand jury action on four counts of first-degree falsifying business records, two counts of identity theft, two counts of scheme to defraud and six counts of petit larceny.

She was placed in the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building following arraignment before town of Watertown Justice James P. McClusky.

Sheriff's documents allege she told the two victims she would hold their debit cards while they pumped their gas, and then she used the cards to obtain credits that were placed on her Green Dot credit card.

She did this twice Dec. 19, at 6:33 and 6:59 p.m., and four times on the afternoon and night of Dec. 22, at 3:57, 5:07, 4:41 and 10:45 p.m., according to the documents.