But just past the laptop, inside a basement room, lay what police say is the true story behind the fairy-tale life of Edward Anderton, who turns 25 today, and Jocelyn Kirsch, 22. Beyond the glitter and the glamor, authorities say, they were just a couple of thieves who may have been scamming victims in the Philadelphia region for at least a year.
Spread across a long table were tools: dozens of fraudulent drivers' licenses and credit cards in various names lined up in rows. Among the display was a kit for picking locks, several laptops, computer software used in ID theft, and a machine for printing identification cards.
Also on the table were at least 40 keys to doors and mailboxes at the Belgravia, the Center City condo building at 18th and Chestnut Streets, where the couple had lived since early summer. Police believe the couple used the keys to help them steal neighbors' identities, but it was unclear how Anderton and Kirsch allegedly got them.
Displayed with the couple's tools was about $17,500 in $100s, $50s and $20s, and $1,500 more in gift certificates. There was also an invitation from "Eddie and Jocelyn" to a Sept. 15 housewarming the couple threw for themselves.
Philadelphia police took all of it out of the couple's condo Saturday. The two, arrested Friday and free on bail, face each at least 15 counts of forgery, identity theft, unlawful use of a computer, and conspiracy.
They were arrested after one victim, who lives in the Belgravia, saw unauthorized charges on her credit card last week and called police. University of Pennsylvania police picked them up at a store in University City where they had gone to pick up packages, including Godiva chocolates from West Virginia and lingerie from England, that they allegedly ordered under the woman's name.
Police speculate the couple may have ordered goods delivered to shipping stores in order to avoid store surveillance cameras.
