Breedlove jailed for pawning rental items

A woman who rented to pawn instead of renting to own will serve 180 days behind bars for defrauding Rent-A-Center of thousands of dollars worth of furniture.

The defendant, Kimberly Breedlove, 32, entered pleas Friday before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to charges of hindering secured creditors and theft for an incident which happened this past year. She was ordered to serve 180 days of a six-year sentence and must maintain full-time employment once she is released from jail.

Breedlove was charged after she and her fianc?? rented to own a large LCD television, a stereo system, and a bedroom set on March 26. It was about a month later when Breedlove’s former landlord called Rent-A-Center to tell them a mattress from the bedroom set rented by the couple had been found in their old apartment which they had left. The rest of the rented items were not there.

News only got worse for Rent-A-Center a week later when they were called by police investigator Tony Jenkins, who examines pawn tickets from local pawn shops looking for stolen items. Jenkins told the rental center that someone had pawned the television at E-Z Pawn Shop on March 27 ‘ the day after it was rented. The TV was valued at $1,300. The rest of the missing items including the bedroom suite and stereo are valued at $1,700.

The agreement signed by the couple specifically forbids pawning the property or moving it without permission.