A Springhill woman has been charged for reportedly taking money from a wallet that was inadvertently left by a customer at a Sarepta convenience store where she was a clerk.

Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker said 26-year-old Brenna Nicole Reynolds is facing a theft charge for removing more than $400 from the wallet, which was returned empty to the customer the following day. 

Parker said a customer had made purchases at the store and apparently walked away, leaving the wallet on the counter. Later, another customer found the wallet laying on the store’s counter and turned it over to Reynolds, who reportedly checked the contents and ID.

“She told the person who found the wallet its owner would be back and then placed it on the counter behind her,” Parker said. “Later, she turned away from the store security counter and took the money from the wallet. The next day it was returned empty to the person who left it.”

During questioning, Reynolds reportedly admitted she took the money. WPSO Det. Terry Brown investigated the incident.  

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.