The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) has announced that 26-year-old Adela Beatriz Orellana, of Hyattsville, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of theft for stealing the contents of UPS packages she accepted, while employed at UPS and selling the stolen contents at local pawn shops.
According to police, “On Thursday, November 21, 2023, at approximately 4:35 p.m., officers took a report for a theft that occurred earlier. The victim stated that he sent five gold coins through the UPS store at 11160 Viers Mills Rd. When the package reached the destination, there were only two gold coins.
On Monday, April 1, 2024, the victim later reported to police that the same two coins were located at a coin shop on Wayne Ave. Through the course of the investigation, detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 4th District Patrol Investigation Unit developed Orellana as the suspect…