WOMAN ADMITS TO PHARMACY CRIME WHILE IN JAIL

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

Teresa Mosteller Scronce

LINCOLNTON -- A Maiden Highway woman, charged with the attempted break-in of an automated teller machine at the State Employee's Credit Union, is now charged with a break-in at Sentry Drug and the attempted break-in at The Drug Store.

According to Lincolnton Police Sgt. Matt Painter, Teresa Mosteller Scronce, 43, 4801 Maiden Highway, faces several charges in the case.

Painter said she admitted to investigators of breaking into Sentry Drug last week and trying to break-in to The Drug Store early Monday morning of last week.

Surveilance video captured Scronce spending nearly an hour trying to get into The Drug Store on Center Street.

Painter charged Scronce with felony attempted breaking, entering and larceny; felony breaking, entering and larceny and trafficking in controlled substances. Her bond was increased to $125,000 and she remains in the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center in Lincolnton.

The city charges are in addition to the charges she faced in attempting to break-in to the ATM machine.

Deputy Steven Grinnell was taking the report on the break-in when he noticed a suspect vehicle at a nearby residence that had been seen on video surveillance. Grinnell interviewed a female at that location who admitted to the break-in attempt during the early morning hours of last Monday.

Officers found $600 hidden on Ms. Scronce and seized 100 dosage units of Xanax. Damage to the ATM Machine was placed at $1,500.

Deputy Grinnell charged Scronce, 43, with one count each of felony Safecracking, Felony Possession of Burglary Tools, Injury to Personal Property, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

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