Two teenagers are in custody after allegedly confessing to police that they targeted a woman at a gas station and stole her wallet while she was pumping gas, a crime also known as “sliding.”
Robert Chandler Stephens, 19, and Kertius Demond Oreaboe, 19, were charged with burglary of a motor vehicle and fraudulent use or possession of identifying information. The two were pulled over June 14 in the 1500 block of W. Bay Area Boulevard, after an undercover officer noticed the car they were driving had expired tags and they “appeared to be watching customers leave a local bank,” according to a release from the Friendswood Police Department
Police found marijuana in the center console of the car during a search of the vehicle and the two were taken into custody, according to the release. Police later found a wallet belonging to a woman who said it was stolen from her while she was getting gas at 610 and Broadway in Houston that same day.
The pair confessed they were “sliding” and stole the wallet while the woman was busy pumping gas.
Stephens and Oreaboe’s bonds were set at $1,100.