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STRASBURG TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A York County woman was sentenced after she drove a stolen car containing stolen guns to a Lancaster County garden and began picking peppers without permission, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Kimberly Schwartz, 36, of York Township, will serve one and a half to five years in prison. She pleaded guilty on July 20 to the following charges:
– Three counts of receiving stolen property
– Two counts of carrying firearms without a license
– Burglary
– Resisting arrest
– Agricultural vandalism
– Providing false identification to a law enforcement officer
– Driving under the influence
– Possessing a controlled substance
– Seven other summary offenses
According to the district attorney’s office, the charges stem from an August 2025 incident in the 900 block of Strasburg Pike in Strasburg Township.
Investigators said Schwartz drove a stolen vehicle that was connected to the theft of two semiautomatic handguns.
Schwartz then drove to a residence’s property and took a five-gallon bucket from their garage, according to the district attorney. She then used the bucket to pick peppers from the victim’s garden without permission, officials said.
According to police, the resident told Schwartz that she was welcome to purchase the peppers, but Schwartz left without paying.
Investigators said Schwartz was found about an hour later driving in a parking lot in the area, and initially refused to identify herself before providing a false name. Police noted that Schwartz’s driver’s license was suspended due to a previous DUI conviction.
“Throughout the interaction Schwartz refused to follow troopers’ orders and was argumentative and combative,” the district attorney’s office said. “While being arrested Schwartz continued to pull her hands away while being handcuffed, failed to place her feet in the car and had to be assisted in doing so, unbuckled herself multiple times, refused to walk and ultimately was placed in a caged police vehicle due to safety concerns.”
According to police, troopers found a partially consumed bottle of alcohol and suspected methamphetamine in the stolen car.
Investigators said the stolen firearms were also recovered.
Authorities believe Schwartz was under the influence of alcohol and a controlled substance at the time based on her behavior. The district attorney said she also refused to submit to chemical testing.
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