Two Centralia women are facing organized retail theft charges after stealing more than $1,000 in goods from the Harrison Super Mart located in the 600 block of Harrison Avenue.
Both Miranda Kowalsky, 35, and Jacqueline Kilmer, 38, had their first day in court on Friday. Bond was set at $5,000 secured for both women, who are facing second-degree theft charges.
The defense attorney initially sought $10,000 unsecured bail for Kowalsky, meaning she would have been released, but the judge denied the motion.
Accordingt to court records, she has two prior felony convictions in the last five years and has a dozen prior cases that were on warrant status at one point with an active theft history.
Kilmer has a similar history, according to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office, and had a DUI warrant out of Lewis County that was cleared with her arrest Thursday with an additional $5,100 bond.
Kowalsky and Kilmer both also have a history of failing to appear.
Charges levied against the two stem from an incident that occurred last Thursday at Harrison Super Market, located at 609 Harrison Ave. According to supermarket staff, the two women were alleged to have stolen more than $1,000 in merchandise from the business at about 9:20 a.m.
Video footage posted to the gas station’s Facebook page showed how the alleged incident rolled out in less than two minutes.
Suspects believed to be Kilmer and Kowalsky are shown on camera in front of a cash register inside the gas station. After one of the women walked off camera, an employee seems to have been called over to her away from the cash register.
The other woman then slipped a number of items located on the front counter into her large, black purse before walking away.
Their arraignments were set for Thursday, Aug. 26. Both are being held at Lewis County Jail.
