Group tried to check into hotel rooms in Va. with a runaway juvenile, according to cops
Nyana T.M. Williams, 18 ,of Asbury Park (left) and Shawnee Lynn Senesie, 26, of Orange are charged with credit card fraud and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. Two New Jersey women were among eight arrested in Virginia for trying to use stolen credit cards, authorities said.
In addition to being charged with credit card fraud, the women were also charged Sunday morning with contributing to the delinquency of a minor because a juvenile runaway with them when they tried to check into rooms in two hotels, Henrico County police said in a news release.
A local taxi driver also reported the woman to police when he suspected a credit card they tried to use was suspicious.
Nyana T.M. Williams, 18 of Asbury Park and Shawnee Lynn Senesie, 26, of Orange were part of the group, police said.
Six New York City women were also taken into custody:
- Keonnie Mack, 26, of the Bronx, N.Y.
- Raven Howell, 19, of Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Sarah Torrence, 26, of the Bronx, N.Y.
- Khadijah Moran, 22, of Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Shanica Baron, 22, of Far Rockaway, N.Y.
- Jasim McDonald-Henry, 22, of the Bronx, N.Y.
Williams, Moran and Henry have been released as of 11:30 a.m. Monday, according to jail records. The other five remain held and have court appearances scheduled for this week.
The women traveled to Virginia from New Jersey, police said.
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