Poconos woman accused of stealing saddles from family that neglected horses
A Middle Smithfield Township woman is accused of stealing multiple saddles from a family who pleaded guilty to neglecting animals. On March 26, according to the criminal complaint, Heidi Unterberg and Kyra Unterberg reported to the Pennsylvania State Police that six horse saddles were stolen from the garage of their Turkey Ridge Drive home in Polk Township. They said that earlier in the day, they went to the residence to retrieve some belongings, as it was being foreclosed, and noticed that the garage door was open. The last time they left the residence, the garage door was closed and locked. The women said that six horse saddles left in the garage, each valued at $600, were gone. Kyra Unterberg provided complaint affiant and PSP Trooper Shannon Grundmann with photos of the saddles. Kyra Unterberg told Grundmann that earlier on in the day they reported the missing saddles, she saw a listing on Facebook Marketplace for one of the saddles by a profile later linked to Natalia Wardzala, 32. She provided Grundmann with the Facebook Marketplace posting. Two days later, Grundmann and PSP Trooper Andy Singh from went to Wardzala’s Middle Smithfield Township home. Wardzala told Grundmann, the complaint says, that
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