'Dance Moms' Star Kira Girard Arrested For Theft & Fraud – Drugs Found During Raid
Abby Lee Miller may want to seek advice from her Dance Moms co-star if she's sent to the slammer! RadarOnline.com has obtained exclusive court documents revealing Kalani Hilliker's mother Kira Girard was arrested for theft and fraud schemes.
Girard, then known as Kira Salazar, was indicted on four counts of felony theft and one count of attempted theft in Chandler, Arizona in October 2005.
"Kira Salazar has been involved in the crime of fraudulently obtaining monies from victims who have entered into an agreement with her to buy Plasma HDTV's that she posted for sell through www.ebay.com," the court papers read. "Kira Salazar has the buyers send their money to her, via personal check or electronic wire transfer; and then fails to deliver their merchandise or refund their money."
From July 2005 to the time of her arrest, Girard tricked four people into purchasing the televisions, stealing $15,525 from her customers.
The reality star told the sellers that she could only accept payment for the merchandise with personal check, money order, cashier's check or wire transfer.
When police arrived at Girard's then-boyfriend Todd Cash's home with a search warrant, he "voluntarily admitted to the possession of the syringes and vials found inside the residence. He also stated that the syringes contained a substance known as anabolic steroids."
Her boyfriend was released with pending possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia charges.
As for Girard, she denied the charges at the time, explaining during questioning how "someone was selling items using her name and eBay account."
"She had a piece of paper with all of her passwords in her purse, which any of her boyfriend's three roommates had access to," the papers read. "She said they also had access to her lap top computer which she left at the house."
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Although she was told police have pictures of her depositing the victims's checks, she continued to deny the fraud.
"However, she did mention that she had received some random checks," the papers read. "She had no idea why someone would send her such a large check but she tried cashing the check anyway."
When police continued to pressure Girard, she admitted, "OK, I did that."
"Ms. Salazar told us that she did it "because they did it to me. She told us that she bid on an auctions on four iPods and they took her money and never delivered the product."
She admitted to creating tracking numbers for the merchandise, but did not ship the products to the buyers.
"She stated she was going to buy them in the bulk off the Dell website and once she received the money from the victim she was going to ship them."
Girard pled guilty and accepted a deal of two years probation and $5,975 in fines. Her probation was extended in 2009 when she completed 0 out of 400 hours of community restitution.
Girard joins the long list of Dance Moms stars that have been in financial strain.
Melissa Ziegler, Ashley Allen and Sari Lopez all filed for bankruptcy.
Dance teacher Miller was indicted on 20 counts of fraud in October. She was charged with concealment of bankruptcy assets, false bankruptcy declarations and bankruptcy fraud. She could face up to five years in prison and $5 million in fines.
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