Thirsty Fla. woman accused of stealing change

[September 05, 2009]  FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) -- A 19-year-old woman was accused of taking $7 in change from a car parked at a police station.

 An arrest affidavit released Thursday shows that Sophia Paulinyce was arrested on a felony burglary charge and a misdemeanor larceny charge. She's accused of taking change from a police employee's vehicle that was parked in a secure lot at the police station last month.

The report said Paulinyce told a detective she was thirsty, noticed an unlocked car and grabbed some change for the soda machine.

She asked to write a statement to apologize before being taken to jail. There was no phone number listed for a Sophia Paulinyce of Fort Pierce.

[Associated Press]

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