Another former pal, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, "She was obsessed with being the center of attention."
At least until her alleged crimes became national news.
Kirsch, who, with her boyfriend Edward K. Anderton, was arrested Friday for identity theft, avoided all eyes by quietly turning herself in to law enforcement officials at Philadelphia Police Headquarters at 8th and Race streets.
Kirsch and Anderton, who surrendered separately at the 3rd Police District, in South Philadelphia, and was later transferred to Central Detectives, are expected to be charged with burglary and theft. They were scheduled to be arraigned overnight.
The digital-age Bonnie and Clyde are slated to appear at a preliminary hearing this morning in Common Pleas Court.
They are accused of stealing the identities of at least five victims, including some of their neighbors at the Belgravia, on Chestnut Street near 18th. The crafty couple are believed to have broken into some of their neighbors' residences and taken personal information, police say. Kirsch and Anderton, a 2005 University of Pennsylvania graduate with a degree in economics, may have installed spyware in some of their neighbors' computers to collect their data, police said.
On Friday, they were arrested when they went to a UPS Store in University City to pick up some lingerie shipped from England. The credit card used to open the mailbox at the store was actually in a neighbor's name. Anderton and Kirsch were charged with identity theft, conspiracy, unlawful use of a computer, forgery and other crimes.
The twenty-somethings "lived the life" fully before they were caught - globe-trotting to exciting locales, pampering themselves at local upscale salons and hitting the town with friends.
