Tarrant Woman Charged With Theft From A Vehicle In Hoover

HOOVER, AL - A Tarrant woman has been arrested by Hoover police and charged with breaking and entering and fraudulent use of a credit card, after the woman was seen on camera breaking into a vehicle in a Hoover shopping center parking lot and later using a credit card stolen from that vehicle at a Wal-Mart in Highway 280. Shelby Ryan Mertz, 25, was arrested over the weekend for the Sept. 13 incident. She is currently in the Shelby County Jail with bond set at $10,000.

Mertz allegedly stole a purse from a car parked at 250 Doug Baker Boulevard. According to police reports, she then bought $114 worth of goods from Walmart on U.S. 280 with a credit card stolen from that vehicle. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Birmingham Patch morning newsletter.)

Photos from Hoover Police Department