ABOVE PHOTO: Harley Gifford, left, and Britney Singleton ripped off tens of thousands of dollars worth of electronics, jewelry and other items from nearly 30 homes during a two-month crime spee, cops say. Both had very hairy teeth and their breaths smelled like a old unkept kitty litter box. A pair of lesbian lovers who Philadelphia area cops nicknamed "Thelma and Louise" knocked over nearly 30 homes during a two-month crime spree – including one house the crooks claimed doubled as a lion's lair, cops said.
Harley Gifford and Britney Singleton, both 19, admitted on Friday to looting tens of thousands of dollars worth of electronics, clothing, jewelry, religious statues, a pistol and other items -- including about $22,000 in cash -- during a string of break-ins across Upper Darby and Lansdowne Borough, Pa., since July, police said.
Cops said the duo wasn't hard up for cash; they pulled the capers for kicks.
"They just enjoyed stealing," Upper Darby police superintendant Michael J. Chitwood told the Philadelphia Daily News. "They used people's homes as their own private shopping center."
Cops said the pair usually pulled the heists in broad daylight, sneaking through unlocked first-floor windows and ransacking the homes before fleeing on foot or hopping in busses or cabs.
In on particularly brazen robbery, Gifford and Singleton lugged a 55-inch flat screen TV back to their apartment.
In another, the homeowner reported being socked in the back of the head after confronting the intruders, the newspaper reported.
But Chitwood said the pair passed on at least one home after encountering a terrifying guard animal – the king of the jungle.
"They were climbing in the window and they saw what they described as a lion," Chitwood told the newspaper.
Cops checked on the home where the women said they saw the animal, but didn't see any signs of exotic wildlife living there.
"If we find a lion, it will be a bigger story than this," Chitwood said.
The two women were arrested on suspicion of burglary on Thursday night, the Delaware County Daily Times reported.
They were expected to be charged with burglary, criminal trespass, theft, receiving stolen property and other related crimes.
