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ID Theft Funded Philly Couple's Jaunts to Paris, Hawaii

Posted Dec 7, 07 9:20 AM CST in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – The Philadelphia couple dubbed the Bonnie and Clyde of identity theft left jail yesterday after their parents posted a hefty bail. Jocelyn Kirsch, 22, and Edward Anderton, 25, went on a shopping, dining, and vacationing spree—documented in countless photographs—with more than $100,000 they netted by stealing their neighbors' identities, the Philadelphia Daily News reports.

While Kirsch's lawyer described the duo as "sad and scared," those who know her painted a portrait of an inveterate and outlandish liar. College classmates said Kirsch falsely claimed to have qualified for the US Olympic pole vaulting team, even passing off a photo of an Olympian pole vaulting feat on her Facebook page as a picture of herself.

Source Philadelphia Inquirer

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In this undated photo released by the Philadelphia Police Department, shown are Jocelyn Kirsch, a student at Drexel University and Edward Anderton of Everett Wash. Kirsch, 22, and Anderton, 25, were...   (Associated Press)
In this undated photo released by the Philadelphia Police Department, shown are Jocelyn Kirsch, a student at Drexel University and Edward Anderton of Everett Wash. Kirsch, 22, and Anderton, 25, were...   (Associated Press)
In this undated photo released by the Philadelphia Police Department, shown is Jocelyn Kirsch, a student at Drexel University and Edward Anderton of Everett Wash. Kirsch, 22, and Anderton, 25, were charged...   (Associated Press)
In this undated photo released by the Philadelphia Police Department, shown is Jocelyn Kirsch, a student at Drexel University and Edward Anderton of Everett Wash. Kirsch, 22, and Anderton, 25, were charged...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by the Philadelphia Police Department, Jocelyn Kirsch is shown. Kirsch, a Drexel University student and her boyfriend, Edward Anderton, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania,...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by the Philadelphia Police Department, Edward Anderton is shown. Anderton, a University of Pennsylvania graduate, and his girlfriend, Drexel University student Jocelyn Kirsch were...   (Associated Press)
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