Moon Police: Woman Charged with Deceiving Hotel Staffers for Refund

An Aliquippa woman is charged with attempting to dupe Moon Township hotel employees into giving her cash refunds on hotel rooms. 

Sharon M. Lepore, 40, told hotel employees at the  on Aug. 1 that a manager promised her a $124 refund, though the woman never stayed at the Thorn Run Road hotel, police said in a report.

Lepore told staffers she had been overcharged for her stay at the hotel, but there is no record of her renting a room, police said. 

Police received a similar complaint from the  hotel on Cherrington Parkway. Police said Lepore approached the hotel's front desk and asked for a cash refund. Staff at the Marriott did not issue the refund, but they did make a copy of her driver's license. 

Lepore is charged with theft by deception and criminal attempt. She is scheduled to face a preliminary hearing on Aug. 28. 

responded to the following other incidents and made the following arrests. Each item is a reflection of police records and does not indicate guilt or a conviction. 

• Jacob Samuel Gamber, 31, of Flaugherty Run Road, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, at 5:30 p.m. July 20.

• Henry Joseph Zolkiewicz, 40, of Aliquippa, was charged with two counts of driving under the influence of a controlled substance, failure to wear protective equipment, and driving without insurance after crashing his motorcycle shortly after midnight Aug. 19 at the 400 block of Moon Clinton Road.