Mother and Daughter arrested for changes of identity theft

Two women accused of identity theft were arrested in Benton County on Monday. 55 years old mother and 36 years old daughter were accused of opening $24000 line of credit by someone else name.

Both mother and daughter were at the Sears trying to pick the goods they had already purchased of worth $16000. Their purchases include:

"There were electronics, large screen plasma televisions, Apple iPods," said Chief Layne Erdman, of West Richland Police. "Also they were going to pick up a treadmill that they were unable to pick up because we arrested them, there was some fitness equipment in there and there appears to be some furniture purchases, so pretty much setting up house," he said.