Pa. mom, friend accused of using kids to shoplift

UNIONTOWN, Pa. - Two Fayette County women are accused of using two boys - ages 11 and 13 - in a shoplifting incident at a CVS Pharmacy in Uniontown, 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Facing charges of conspiracy and corruption of a minor are Mary Lancaster and Angie Kimmel, both 35 , reports CBS Pittsburgh.

Police say they used Lancaster's two sons to steal items from the CVS, orchestrated by the women. According to police, the women told the boys what items to steal, mainly cosmetics and hairspray, reports the station.

Pharmacy surveillance video released by Uniontown police shows the boys taking the items.

Lt. Tom Kolencik told the station, "This isn't something that an 11- or a 13-year-old thinks of; this is parent produced."

Police were called to the pharmacy Tuesday evening, Feb. 3, believing the older boy had done the shoplifting. When they arrived, he was in the backseat of a car, with his mother scolding him, CBS Pittsburgh reported.

An hour or so later, Lt. Kolencik said, "A store employee called me and said I needed to come back and look at the video. It shows the mother [Lancaster] walking with her son, picking up items and handing them to him."

The boys have also been charged, as juveniles, with retail theft, reports the station.