Warrant to be issued for homeless woman
A homeless woman will stand trial for allegedly robbing a Uniontown man who gave her $20 to feed her child earlier this month.
Uniontown police Detective Donald M. Gmitter said Kimberly Rose Cahill, 47, was charged before Magisterial District Judge Michael M. Metros with robbery, theft and receiving stolen property.
Cahill, who posted $5,000 straight cash bond following her arraignment earlier this month, failed to appear for her preliminary hearing on the charges Tuesday afternoon.
Metros held the three charges against her for Fayette County Court and also will issue a warrant for her arrest for failing to appear.
Gmitter said the charges were filed after Edward Bricker Sr. was walking on North Gallatin Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Dec. 12.
Bricker told police that a woman, later determined to be Cahill, approached him while he was resting against a wall and asked him if he would give her $20 to buy diapers and food for her child.
Gmitter said Bricker gave $20 to Cahill and that after he put his wallet back in a rear pants pocket, Cahill gave him a hug.
At some point, Bricker told police that Cahill removed the wallet from his pants and then walked away.
Gmitter said that later that day Cahill came to the police station on Penn Street to report an unrelated incident to police.
Bricker identified her as the woman who robbed him.