Crime & Safety

Township Woman Allegedly Stole, Pawned Family Jewelry

Kristyn Kim Servedio, 20, is accused of stealing jewelry valued at more than $4,500 from her family's home on Springtown Hill Road in Lower Saucon Township. Servedio allegedly pawned the items at a South Bethlehem business.

A Lower Saucon Township woman admitted to her mother--and then to police--that she pawned family jewelry valued at more than $4,500 at a South Bethlehem store, court records say.

Kristyn Kim Servedio, 20, admitted she pawned the jewelry between April and this month at JC Jewelry & Gifts, 319 S. New St. The records do not say why Servedio allegedly pawned the jewelry or how much she got for it.

A criminal complaint filed by Lower Saucon Township Police Department investigator Christopher Leidy says police became involved on Aug. 4, .

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Karen Servedio said the items went missing between February and this month, and that her daughter had been having friends over during this period.

After he began interviewing the friends, Leidy was told the family had just gotten a call from Kristyn, who allegedly said she stole the jewelry and pawned it at the South Bethlehem shop. He later went to the shop and found a record for an April 18 transaction by Kristyn.

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Leidy later spoke to Karen Servedio, who said her daughter admitted to stealing and pawning the jewelry, according to the records.

The records also say Kristyn told Leidy in an interview what she told her mother.

Kristyn Servedio was charged with theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property--both third-degree felonies.

She was arraigned Monday by District Judge John Capobianco and committed to Northampton County Prison after failing to post $2,000 bail.


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