Pa. woman denies leaving granddaughter with loot

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A southwestern Pennsylvania woman who denies leaving her 8-year-old granddaughter behind with stolen goods has been ordered to stand trial on shoplifting charges.

Fifty-year-old Elaine Weimer, of Connellsville, on Wednesday was ordered to stand trial on charges of retail theft, endangering the welfare of a child, and corruption of minors.

Workers at a Wal-Mart store in South Union Township testified they confronted Weimer about shoplifting on June 23.

The girl returned $199 worth of items in reusable shopping bags she was carrying — but the employees say Weimer denied knowing the girl, got in her car and drove away.

The girl is not charged and told state police her grandmother told her “to get stuff for her grandmother and her grandmother made her hold the bags.”