Times staff
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
NEW PORT RICHEY
Woman accused of stealing designer bag
A 34-year-old woman is accused of stealing a Louis Vuitton purse at a friend's baby shower — along with the $200 in cash that was inside the bag.
Joni Jean Cirillo, of Hudson, was a guest at a baby shower at Waters Edge Recreation Center on Creedmoor Lane on Jan. 9. According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Cirillo can be seen on the facility's video surveillance footage draping her jacket over the $1,000 bag and then, minutes later, scooping up the purse and jacket and taking both outside. Cirillo then came back in, without the purse, and rejoined the party.
Cirillo, a dental hygienist and wife of a Pasco firefighter, was arrested Monday and charged with grand theft. She was released from the Pasco County jail the same day on $2 ...