New details of Jocelyn Kirsch's reported criminal behavior in California - an act that prompted a federal judge last week to order the former Drexel University senior to wear a monitoring device - have surfaced just as her purported partner-in-crime faces a federal court judge today.
According to sources familiar with the California case, Kirsch, while still employed by a Starbucks in Napa, Calif., allegedly stole a credit card from a co-worker's wallet, which was inside a locker at the cafe.
Kirsch, 22, then purportedly visited a Target store, where she allegedly used her co-worker's credit card to purchase a candle and bed linens, sources said. The purchase was captured by Target surveillance cameras, sources said.
It is unclear when the alleged credit-card theft or subsequent purchases took place.
Federal authorities declined to comment on the new details. A Starbucks spokeswoman said only that Kirsch is no longer employed by the Seattle-based coffee chain. A Target spokesman also had no comment.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Louis Lappen, the lead prosecutor on the case, said Wednesday that prosecutors would address the credit-card-theft allegation this week, presumably when Kirsch is in federal court on Thursday.
Stephen R. Kahn, Kirsch's attorney in Beverly Hills, told the Daily News last night that he was unaware of the latest theft allegations.
"I know nothing about it . . . No one here has mentioned it to me," he said.
Today, however, the media spotlight is on Edward Kyle Anderton, 25, the University of Pennsylvania graduate whose promising future fell apart when he was arrested with Kirsch in December on identity-theft and burglary charges.
Anderton is expected to plead guilty before U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno at a 3 p.m. hearing. Robreno is presiding over both Anderton's and Kirsch's cases.
The pair, who have become popularly known as "Bonnie and Clyde," face federal charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft. The last charge carries a minimum mandatory sentence of two years. They could face up to five years in federal prison.
Anderton's lawyer, Larry Krasner, did not return a call yesterday seeking comment.
Anderton, an economics major who was on a scholarship at Penn, and Kirsch, a former international-studies major at Drexel, reportedly signed a plea agreement that would send them to prison for at least two years, Kirsch's lawyer Ron Greenblatt has said.
