By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-06-20 13:04:18 | Updated at 2026-06-23 17:10:01
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She's been no stranger to pouting for the camera recently – as she has posed for a whopping 17 mugshots so far this year.
Pamela Brooke Schronce, 30, of Belton, South Carolina, has been repeatedly arrested for allegedly selling clothing through her Thomas and Turner Children's Boutique without intending to fulfill the orders customers placed and paid for.
But when customers filed police complaints and the arrests started rolling in, instead of deleting Thomas and Turner Children's Boutique's Facebook page, she transformed it into an attempt to become an influencer by changing it to her own name and sharing 'get dressed with me posts,' alongside links to products and outfits.
Of her new direction, she wrote on Facebook: 'Thomas & Turner has been such a huge chapter of my life. As I shift into a new season, this page is becoming my personal creator space where I'll be sharing deals, finds, and things I love.'
She later followed it up by posting a 'disclaimer' that read: 'When I share links, I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them (it doesn't cost you anything extra). You're not buying from me directly, I'm just sharing the good stuff I find. And I seriously appreciate y'all supporting me this way more than you know!!'
That was until June 5, when the page appeared to have vanished after South Carolina Attorney General, Alan Wilson, announced his office will prosecute all charges related to her.
A statement from Wilson's office said the mother-of-two has been 'arrested 17 times this year in several counties' and has allegedly scammed 'more than 50 customers.'
'The allegations are that people placed orders online and Schronce, who goes by Brooke, never intended to fulfil them. Anderson County is reviewing the entire scope of the case, and the attorney general will review the full investigation of the business conduct to charge appropriately,' the statement read.
Pamela Brooke Schronce, who goes by Brooke, has been arrested 17 times since January 1
The 30-year-old from South Carolina has been in and out of multiple county jails after customers reported her for fraud
The 30-year-old blonde bombshell started racking up arrests on January 1 and was last detained on May 1 when she was booked into the Pickens County Detention Center and later bonded out for $1,087.
But despite the multiple arrests, the mom-of-two had appeared unbothered online as she continued to post her latest outfits.
She even poked fun at comments surrounding her lips, as in each new mugshot they appeared more plump.
'Since my lips are such a hot topic apparently,' she wrote in a March 25 post, alongside a photo of her perfect pout. 'This is what I use.'
Schronce shared that she used the RoC Derm Correxion Lip Volumizer, which retails for $32.
'If only mugshots had filters!!' one comment said under the post, viewed by the Daily Mail before the page was removed.
'Your lips ain't the hot topic, boo,' another wrote.
The following day, she posted a photo of herself in full glam wearing head-to-toe Walmart, with a striped blazer, a yellow button-up shirt, dark slacks, and gold loafers.
She turned her business page into a personal influencing platform under her name. She posted a pouty photo of herself after people commented how she appeared to have gotten a more plump pout in her mugshots
'Get dressed with me for _____,' she captioned it. 'Y'all fill in the blank in the comments.'
'Court,' many commenters filled in.
'A ride in a police car to another mugshot shoot,' another wrote.
But while Schronce has found the time online to share her best beauty advice, she's allegedly ignored her customers' complaints.
A 29-year-old mother in Honea Path, which borders Belton, told the Daily Mail she had been ordering from Schronce since before her first child was born, who is now six. She continued to buy after her second child was born as well, and genuinely liked the products the blonde bombshell sold.
The mother asked to remain anonymous due to backlash from locals against the victims of Schronce's alleged fraud.
'It was great at first. She had a great business,' the mother-of-two told the Daily Mail.
'She always met deadlines. And if she didn't meet deadlines for whatever reason, she would let us know, she would give us credit to use for something else, or she would offer us different things if it wasn't going to come in.'
Her old brick-and-mortar store for Thomas and Turner is now listed for sale for $250,000
'Customers would preorder four to six months in advance, but they always got their items. But that changed a little over a year ago,' the mother and nurse, who previously worked at the same hospital as Schronce, said.
'I started noticing my things weren't showing up. She kind of blamed it on, like: "Oh, hey y'all, it's the tariffs, it's the shipping, it's coming from overseas, I'm really sorry."
'She never had done me wrong before, so I just trusted her,' the mother told the Daily Mail. 'I kept shopping with her. I ordered all my kids' back-to-school stuff from her – bookbags, shoes, everything. None of it was showing up.'
She estimates Schronce owes her between $400 and $600.
Since January, she said she has messaged Schronce multiple times, and requested some of her money back on Venmo, only to be declined by the business owner. The mother was able to get back $90 from PayPal, she told the Daily Mail.
Eventually, she said she found hundreds of other mothers were in the same position as her. Schronce allegedly stopped replying to her, and eventually, the alleged victims and Schronce were told not to communicate with each other as the case built by authorities.
'If I owed half the town and multiple states money, I would be nice to people,' the mother said.
'She realized that she could take people's money, not order their stuff, they would forget about it,' the mother claimed. 'I don't think she was ordering anything.'
The mother-of-two rebranded her page after getting arrested. On June 5 it appears she removed the page as you can no longer access it
Schronce joked that her lips were a 'hot topic' and told fans she uses the RoC Derm Correxion Lip Volumizer, which retails for $32
The mother feels betrayed by Schronce, who was a personal acquaintance of hers. When they saw each other out in public, they'd say hello to each, and so would their husbands.
But the last time the mother saw Schronce outside of a cheesecake truck in town recently, the blonde mother-of-two wouldn't even look at her, she claimed.
The mother eventually filed a police report against Schronce and is now a part of the AG's case. She's also sent in a letter of restitution.
As she impatiently waits for the case to move forward, she's watched Schronce flounce around online as an influencer while she's out on bail.
'It's honestly a joke,' the mother told the Daily Mail. 'She's laughing in people's faces.
'You were court-ordered not to sell stuff, but you still are manipulative enough to still find a way to publicize yourself and make money off of products and stuff when you're still out here owing a lot of people money.
'It's almost like she has a mental problem... In her mind, she thinks that she has not done anything wrong, which is crazy.'
Schronce does make a commission when people buy from an affiliate link she posts to her now-deleted Facebook page. However, people are not directly buying from her.
In a full Walmart look, she asked her fans where they thought she was heading, and many joked: 'Court'
'She's not remorseful at all about what she's done,' the mother said. 'If it was left up to her, she would 100 percent not pay any of us back. She doesn't feel bad for what she's done. She has never publicly come out and apologized.'
The tightknit town is now taking sides, the mother said, with droves of people backing Schronce, saying she just 'made a mistake,' the mother told the Daily Mail. The alleged victims are now being harassed for speaking out, she said.
'She stole a lot of money from a lot of moms that are working hard,' the mother told the Daily Mail.
The mother told the Daily Mail she doesn't wish to see Schronce go to jail because she has young children. However, she does want to see the fellow mom pay back what's owed and be forbidden from ever having a business again.
'I do not think that she deserves that chance again,' the mother told the Daily Mail. 'I would hate to see her go to jail, because she has two young kids. Do I think that she deserves it? Yes. Yes, she 100 percent deserves it.'
As well as running the business online, Schronce also sold clothing through a brick-and-mortar store on O'Neal Street in the Belton Social District.
Schronce's store described itself on social media as a 'boutique for trendy little babes,' a 'household brand in upstate South Carolina,' and 'affordable and adorable.'
The now-shuttered building hit the market in February for $285,000, but since the attorney general's statement, it appears it has had a price reduction to $250,000.
All of her cases have now been consolidated under the state's attorney general, Alan Wilson (pictured)
The building has five private offices and a retail space, which allows for 'potential subdivision into multiple tenant suites or continued single-user occupancy,' the listing read.
Listing agent, Ben Wilson, told the Daily Mail that the building has been on the market for five months and in contract for four, but they are 'struggling to close due to the ongoing legal trouble of the tenant.'
Although he believes it's not entirely influenced by Schronce's legal woes.
It is believed Schronce listed the building due to her legal conundrums, but 'that's a question for her,' Wilson, who was unaware of Schronce's arrests before signing on to be her agent, told the Daily Mail.
The building has seen a few potential buyers who found interest in the retail space due to its connection to Schronce, as the area could build 'some free publicity,' Wilson said.
Schronce had previously said in a Facebook video that she started the company in honor of her late mother, who passed away when she was 12.
The attorney general has also announced that the tenth circuit solicitor, Micah Black, asked the attorney general’s office to 'take the case because an employee in the solicitor’s office is a family friend of Schronce.
'Because Schronce has charges pending in five different solicitors’ offices and the potential of a broader scope beyond the current charges, Attorney General Wilson decided to consolidate all the cases in Anderson County, where her business is located.
The mother claimed Schronce declined her payment request on Venmo
'The goal is to identify all potential victims, so the full scope of the case can be handled in one place at one time.
'The investigation is ongoing. The attorney general has notified all the local jurisdictions of the investigation in an effort to conserve resources and address everything at one time.'
Schronce was arrested 17 times this year, starting on January 1 and 7, twice on February 5, February 9, 11, twice on 13, and once on the 19, 20, 23, 25, March 2 and 19, April 2 and 6, and May 1.
On the first day of the new year she was taken into custody in Anderson County before being extradited to Fairfield County, where she was formally charged.
A week later on January 7, she was arrested by the Easley Police Department.
On February 5, she was arrested by the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office before being released at 6.25pm.
About an hour after leaving Spartanburg County that same day, she was arrested again by the Easley Police Department.
Schronce was then booked again in Anderson County on February 9.
Listing agent, Ben Wilson, told the Daily Mail that the building has been on the market for five months and in contract for four
On February 11, Schronce turned herself in to the Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office.
She was arrested by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office on February 13 and later that same day by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office.
On February 19, she was booked into the Richland County Detention Center and placed on hold for the Greenwood Police Department.
The alleged scammer was arrested by the Greenwood Police Department on February 20.
Then, on February 23, she was arrested and booked into the Cherokee County Detention Center.
Robert Kittle, the communications director for the attorney general's office, told the Daily Mail: 'This is an ongoing investigation. We don’t know what the full investigation will reveal. That is why we are pausing all the cases to finish the investigation.
'The cases up until now are based on individual reports and we decided it only made sense to try to get a full picture of what was going on.'
Schronce did not respond to the Daily Mail's multiple requests for comment before publication.
