3 sought in credit-card thefts

Seminole County sheriff's investigators are looking for three women they think stole credit cards from purses in a Sanford area real-estate office while an employee was showing some of the women a model home.

The thefts occurred this month at KB Homes on Habitat Way. They were not discovered until the next day when the victims were contacted by their credit-card companies about the number of charges being made on their cards. The cards used were at stores throughout Seminole County.

Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Winshenia Renee Lamarr and Denise Blanche Fuller, both 24 and from the Sanford area, Seminole County sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Hoeppner said. Investigators still are trying to identify the third suspect.

A similar theft occurred at a company office in Lakeland about two weeks later, and a worker at a Poinciana office ordered some women to leave after she became suspicious, said KB Homes spokeswoman Cara Kane. In both instances, the women matched the description of those involved in the Sanford theft, she said.

Denise-Marie Balona, Rene Stutzman, Rich McKay and Gary Taylor of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report.