Northwest Georgia woman accused of selling stolen item on Facebook marketplace

FLOYD COUNTY, Ga. — A woman in northwest Georgia is accused of selling a stolen item on Facebook and using a stolen bank card at an ATM.

The Floyd County Police Department says Abigail Lynette Allen, 26, stole a 74-year-old woman’s bank card and used it to make a transaction and a withdrawal from an ATM at a West Rome Walmart store.

Police did not detail the total amount of money she stole from the woman’s bank account.

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She is also accused of stealing the same woman’s tow dolly and selling it to a man on Facebook marketplace on September 11, 2023.

The 2015 Stehl tow dolly is valued at $1,000.

Allen is charged with theft by taking, financial transaction card fraud, and exploitation of the elderly.

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