Woman charged with trying to sell another's carport
A southwest Harnett County woman faces three charges stemming from the attempted sale of a man's carport on Facebook Marketplace.
Erin Melissa Anglin, 34, of 20036 Highway 27 in Johnsonville, was arrested April 26.
As of Tuesday, May 6, she was being held in the Harnett County Jail on a $15,000 bond.
Anglin was charged with attempting to sell Mr. Mangum's metal carport valued at $700 and stealing $150 in metal parts from the carport.
She is charged with felony obtaining property by false pretense and two misdemeanors, including possession of stolen goods and larceny.
In 2022, Judge C. Winston Gilchrist revoked Anglin's probation and sentenced her to eight-to-19 months in the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction with credit for 214 days in jail.
She was on probation for breaking and entering and larceny from 2021, when she lived at 75 Woodbridge Drive in Spring Lake, according to eCourts.
Anglin also has a conviction for misdemeanor shoplifting from 2021. In that case, she was given credit for 17 days in jail and ordered not to return to the Sanford Walmart.
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