By Jim Clark

A Somerville Police officer was dispatched to Robbins Smoke Shop in Davis Square, on reports of a larceny.

Upon arrival, the officer met with the reporting party, who said that approximately ten minutes earlier a woman inside the CVS dropped a credit card belonging to her boyfriend on the ground after making a purchase, and left the store without realizing she had dropped it.

A few minutes later, she realized she did not have the credit card and went back to CVS to look for it. While looking for the credit card, the woman’s boyfriend notified her that the credit card was just used at Robbins Smoke Shop for a purchase totaling $63.43.

The boyfriend then called Somerville Police to report it. When the officer arrived on the scene, the store clerk was reviewing video footage of the event. As they watched the video, the officer recognized one of the females as Danielle Walsh, who is reportedly known to police due to numerous past incidents. Another female that was with Walsh was later identified as Cheryl MacMillan.

The surveillance video reportedly showed that Walsh and MacMillan walked into the store together, conversed, then Walsh pulled out what appeared to be a credit card. She then handed it to the cashier who processed the purchase and then handed the card back to Walsh, who put the card back into her purse while MacMillan signed the purchase receipt. Both Walsh and MacMillan then exited the store together.

After viewing the footage, the clerk said that she believed the two women were still in the area.

As the officer walked out of the store he immediately recognized two women who were standing in front of BFresh to be Walsh and MacMillan.

The officer approached MacMillan and Walsh and asked them both if they were just in CVS and the Smoke Shop, and they both stated that they were. The officer then asked Walsh if she made a purchase at the Smoke Shop and she stated that she purchased cigarettes. He then placed Walsh in handcuffs as backup arrived on scene.

After reading both women their Miranda rights, Walsh was asked if she used a credit card that did not belong to her to purchase those cigarettes and she reportedly replied no.

According to reports, both MacMillan and Walsh vehemently denied that they purchased the cigarettes with a credit card that did not belong to them.

MacMillan reportedly stated that she used her credit card, a Santander Mastercard, that she had her in hand. The officer then informed MacMillan and Walsh about the security video and what it showed. Walsh kept saying, “Bring me back to the store, the guy will tell you I did not do it.”

The officer then told Walsh that the store clerk confirmed what he had seen on the video and that she had handed him the card and that MacMillan had signed the purchase receipt. The store clerk reportedly knows both Walsh and MacMillan as they are both “regulars.”

MacMillan then stated, “I saw the credit card on the ground, I picked it up and said to Danielle, ‘Hey look what I found!'”

MacMillan then claimed that Walsh “snatched” the credit card from her and said they should go to the smoke shop. Once at the smoke shop and after making the purchase, Walsh told MacMillan to sign the receipt, which MacMillan reportedly did.

The officer then asked them where the card was and Walsh reportedly replied, “I left it on the ATM in BFresh.” Police retrieved the credit card from the ATM and returned it to its owner.

MacMillan reportedly stated she wanted to “give the card to the lady” but that Walsh would not let her.

MacMillan and Walsh were placed under arrest on charges of identity fraud, receiving a lost credit card, and larceny under $1200.