NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A Newport News server is out of jail tonight, accused of stealing credit card numbers from her customers.
25-year-old Laura Ellison is out on bond.
Ellison briefly worked as a server at the Vineyards Trattoria and Pizzeria along Kiln Creekway Parkway in early March.
According to court records, on March 7, a husband and wife were dining in the restaurant.
A couple days later they noticed $800 in charges on their Bayport Credit Union account.
There was a charge for Rent A Center for $51.67.
A payment to American First Finance for $36.17.
Then there was a charge for $712 to Abbington Landing Apartments.
Police say Ellison was paying her rent.
On March 9, another couple had Ellison as their server.
Police tell 10 On Your Side once again Ellison copied down the credit card number.
According to court records, she bought an American Airlines ticket with the stolen number, but used her own personal information.
Police say Ellison is seen on camera at the Newport News/Williamsburg Airport checking into the ticket counter, then going through security before boarding the plane headed to Washington D.C.
She was arrested shortly after that.
Ellison is a mother of four children and currently going to college.
According to an online search of Virginia courts, she just got off of probation for charges in Hampton back in 2013.
She pleaded guilty to uttering and attempted obtaining money under false pretense. In that case she was given five years in prison, but all the time was suspended.
She is now facing 11 charges including identify theft, credit card theft, credit card fraud and obtaining money under false pretense.
She will have a preliminary hearing in June.