Hawthorne Woman Arrested for Credit Card Fraud

HAWTHORNE ‒ A 35-year-old Hawthorne woman was arrested on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at 8:10 a.m., on a warrant for fraudulent use of a credit card. She allegedly resisted the deputies who were arresting her and was charged with resisting an officer without violence and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The victim of the credit card fraud told an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy that on Feb. 3, 224, that Angela Denice Hollie, who he knew from living in the area, approached him while he was in his vehicle at a gas station. He said she had some new makeup, still in its package, and asked the victim if he wanted to buy it. He said he paid her $25 for the makeup and gave it to his daughter.

He said that while his attention was distracted and she was holding her phone, she took a picture of his debit card, which was in the overhead center console with the rear of the card facing the driver’s side window. The rear of the card showed the victim’s name, the card number, the expiration date, and the CVC number.

Two days later, he reportedly noticed 15 unauthorized charges to different retailers totaling $1,061.27, and there were more than 50 voided attempts to use his CashApp. One of the charges reportedly paid Hollie’s mother’s utility bill. A City employee reportedly told a deputy that the bill is usually paid in person or by mail and not online with another person’s credit card.

When deputies attempted to make contact with Hollie at her residence, she allegedly ran out the back door and could not be located.

Hollie was charged via sworn complaint with credit card fraud, scheme to defraud, grand theft, and use of a two-way communications device to commit a felony. Formal charges were filed on June 21, 2024, and a warrant for her arrest was issued on June 27, 2024.

Deputies made contact with her on July 31, 2024, in Hawthorne and she allegedly ignored over 20 commands to put her hands behind her back and stop resisting arrest. She was finally taken to the ground by multiple deputies and handcuffed. A search following her arrest reportedly produced a crack pipe. She was charged with resisting arrest without violence and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Hollie has one felony conviction and two misdemeanor convictions. She was on pre-trial release after an April arrest for theft, escape and resisting an officer without violence.

Judge Kristine Van Vorst set bail on the previous charges at $75,000, the amount set in the arrest warrant, and set bail on the new charges at $5,000. Hollie’s bond in the April case has been revoked which leaves her held without bond in the Alachua County Jail.

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