UNIONTOWN, Pa. -- A Fayette County woman has been jailed on charges she used her father's identity, and those of her two young children, to try to open up dozens of credit card accounts.
State police said 32-year-old Tina Jean Price, of Uniontown, used the names of her children, ages 7 and 2, to apply for 25 credit cards, and the situation led to a warrant being filed for the youngest girl.
"Apparently, she used her 2-year-old daughter's Social Security number, and she applied for five different accounts," Trooper Brian Burden said. "When information came back that she (the girl) was not paying the bills, the magistrate issued a warrant for her arrest."
The warrant was dropped once police learned of the situation, Channel 4 Action News' Jennifer Miele reported.
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Watch Jennifer Miele's ReportPolice said Price also used her father's personal information to submit 39 credit applications in his name. Police began investigating when he got billed for a computer he never bought.
Tina Price has been charged with 64 counts of identity theft. She was charged Saturday when state constables arrested her on two bench warrants for writing bad checks.
State police said Tina Price told them that she became overwhelmed with bills and wanted to buy her children nice things.
Online court records do not list an attorney for the woman, who was being held in the Fayette County Jail on Monday.
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