A BEDFORD COUNTY WOMAN AND HER BOYFRIEND ARE FACING CHARGES FOR A HOLIDAY ROBBERY GONE BAD.
WTAJ REPORTS THAT POLICE ARRESTED JULIA REFFNER AFTER SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND WERE CAUGHT INSIDE THE HOME OF A BEDFORD RESIDENT ON CHRISTMAS EVE. THE REPORT SUGGESTS THAT THE HOMEOWNER NOTICED HIS HOUSE HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO AND SAW NUMEROUS BOXES HAD BEEN TORN OPEN. THE HOMEOWNER WENT UPSTAIRS AND FOUND REFFNER AND HER BOYFRIEND ROBB SMITH HIDING IN A BEDROOM. REFFNER TOLD THE OWNER THAT SHE THOUGHT SMITH’S BROTHER STILL LIVED IN THE HOUSE. THE SUSPECTS FLED THE SCENE WHEN THEY MOVED INTO THE GARAGE WHICH HAD ALSO BEEN BROKEN INTO. REFFNER IS CHARGED WITH 11 FELONIES AND MISDEMEANORS. SMITH HAS YET TO BE ARRAIGNED.