‘Looking forward to my day in court’: Boutique owner arrested 17 times since Jan. 1

PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina/Gray News) - A South Carolina boutique owner has been repeatedly arrested across the state this year.

Pamela “Brooke” Schronce has now been arrested 17 times since Jan. 1.

Jail records show Schronce was recently booked into the Pickens County Detention Center. The listed charge is obtaining money or property under false tokens or letters, less than $2,000.

Schronce was granted bond of $1,087.50.

The repeated arrests follow months of complaints from customers who told law enforcement they paid for items from Thomas and Turner Children’s Boutique but never received the merchandise or a refund.

Authorities previously said Schronce has been transferred between detention centers following earlier arrests as the cases continued to move through the system.

The case has also drawn attention from prosecutors. The 10th Circuit Solicitor’s Office previously asked the South Carolina attorney general to take over prosecution in one case, citing a conflict of interest.

Schronce’s attorney previously said she is “looking forward to her day in court” and that the defense was still seeking discovery from state agencies.

As of Friday, additional details, including the arrest date, were not immediately available from the jail listing.

Timeline of arrests

• Jan. 1 - Arrested in Anderson County and extradited to Fairfield County where she was formally charged
• Jan. 7 - Arrested by the Easley Police Department
• Feb. 5 - Arrested by the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office and released at 6:25 p.m.
• Feb. 5 - Arrested by the Easley Police Department an hour after leaving Spartanburg County
• Feb. 9 - Arrested in Anderson County
• Feb. 11 - Schronce turns herself into the Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office
• Feb. 13 - Arrested by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office
• Feb. 13 - Arrested by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office
• Feb. 19 - Booked into the Richland County Detention Center and on hold for Greenwood PD
• Feb. 20 - Arrested by the Greenwood Police Department
• Feb. 23 - Booked into the Cherokee County Detention Center
• Feb. 25 - Booked into the Pickens County Detention Center
• March 2 - Arrested by the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office
• March 19 - Booked into the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office
• April 2 - Booked into the Greenville County Detention Center
• April 6 - Transported from the Greenville County Detention to the Oconee County Detention Center
• May 1 - Booked into the Pickens County Detention Center