WRAL.com: Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville

Log in to WRAL.com with one click using your favorite social network:

Register with WRAL.com using your favorite social network:

8:19 p.m. • 6-19-13

75°F

Weather Forecast for Raleigh

Thu: Partly Cloudy.
- Hi: 85° F
Fri: Partly Cloudy.
- Hi: 85° F
Sat: Thunderstorm.
- Hi: 85° F

Other Locations

7 Day Forecast

Alert

Just In: Actor James Gandolfini, who won Emmys for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO series "The Sopranos," has died of an apparent heart attack, according to CNN. He was 51.

Posted: October 8, 2012

Raleigh woman accused of taking police officer's wallet

Raleigh, N.C. — Police searched the residence Wednesday of a woman they say took the wallet of a police officer at a grocery store in September.

Raleigh police said Katherine Jean Hunter of High Grove Drive took the wallet of a police officer at the Food Lion at 3685 New Bern Ave. on Sept. 15. Police said the police officer left his wallet containing his police ID and badge on the counter, and Hunter, the next person in line, took the wallet and put it in her purse. Hunter then used a food stamp card to pay for her purchase.

The scene was recorded on surveillance cameras.

Police subpoenaed the information for the food stamp card used in that transaction, and the card was issued to Hunter. Police said they confirmed Hunter's identity with a DMV photo and footage from the surveillance camera.

Hunter told police the man working at the cash register took the wallet, and she did not touch it.

No items were seized from Hunter's residence.

Web Editor: Laurie Beth Harris

Get News Alerts to your Email & Cell Phone

46 Comments

WRAL.com welcomes your comments on this story. All comments are moderated prior to publication based on our posting guidelines. Please review them prior to posting and if your message is not approved.

VIEW ALL 46 COMMENTS

This story is closed for comments. Comments on WRAL.com news stories are accepted and moderated between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Latest Comments

Showing up at someone's house to give them their wallet is creepy. If you find mine, please return it to the police...I'm sure I'll have canceled my cards and bump that cash.

OneLove
October 10, 2012 10:54 a.m.

jeez, this is just too too much! well of course it is not at her residence, she got rid of it; it will never be seen again. this takes the cake.

diana123
October 10, 2012 10:52 a.m.

She must have no conscience at all to be able to see he was a police officer and steal his stuff anyway. Pure stupidity. She deserves whatever punishment they can hand her. Reminds me of the show where they purposely leave a car unattended with the keys inside just to see who will steal it. Cracks me up to see the dumbells who take it and then try to lie their way out when caught. Are people really that stupid??

shortcake53
October 10, 2012 9:58 a.m.

TeresaBee- it's people like you that keep my faith in humanity!! I did something similar when I worked at the airport. Found ID and other items from a gentleman's wallet under the waiting area chair after a flight had left- he lived in Texas according to the drivers license. Put the items in an envelope, addressed to the address on the DL and sent it away with a note on where it was found. Never expecting to hear anything back- just did the right thing. A week later, a lovely card arrived from the guy and a $15 gift certificate to Starbucks. It's just as quick and easy to do the right thing as the wrong thing.

dwntwnboy

dwntwnboy you are what is right with the world. May we all aspire to be more like your spirit of The Golden Rule.

sthiggs
October 10, 2012 9:10 a.m.

Leaving a wallet behind could have happened to any of us. I am thankful that (because it was a cop) they were able to catch this thief. Not only was she a thief, she stole from a public servant. He sense of entitlement is deplorable. We as a society are feeding her so she can steal and distroy our trust in our fellow man.

sthiggs
October 10, 2012 9:06 a.m.

VIEW ALL 46 COMMENTS