EAST STROUDSBURG, PA — Stroud Area Regional Police are asking for the public’s help locating a Montana woman who has been wanted for more than three months after she was arrested for refusing to leave an East Stroudsburg Starbucks where staff caught her bathing in the restroom.

Katharine Schreck, 40, of Missoula, Montana, was taken into custody at the scene on August 7 and transported to the Monroe County Correctional Facility for processing. Magisterial District Judge Michael A. Wolbert issued an arrest warrant on August 29, charging her with defiant trespass, a third-degree misdemeanor.

Police posted Schreck to CrimeWatch on December 1, seeking tips from the public. The case remains inactive, awaiting her capture.

The Incident

According to the criminal complaint filed by Officer Shanellie J. Sosa, police were dispatched to the Starbucks at 115 Brown Street at 12:02 p.m. on August 7 for a report of trespassing. The store manager told officers a woman was in the bathroom attempting to bathe and had refused multiple requests to leave.

Officers made contact with Schreck and issued a verbal trespass notice. When she still refused to leave, police arrested her.

Court records list Schreck’s address as Missoula, Montana—approximately 2,200 miles west of East Stroudsburg. It is unclear what brought her to Monroe County.

The Starbucks, which opened in June 2024, is a 2,300-square-foot drive-thru location in a retail building near Walmart off Interstate 80’s Exit 308.

Suspect Information

• Age: 40 (DOB: 06/08/1985)
• Address: Missoula, MT 59808
• Height/Weight: 5’4″, 240 lbs
• Hair/Eyes: Brown/Hazel
• Race: White female

Submit a Tip

Anyone with information on Schreck’s whereabouts can contact Stroud Area Regional Police at 100 Day Street, East Stroudsburg, or submit an anonymous tip through the department’s CrimeWatch page.

Under Pennsylvania law, defiant trespass—refusing to leave after being personally ordered to do so—is a third-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,000 fine.

The Monroe County District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting.

Case: MJ-43202-CR-0000273-2025 | Incident: 2025-018974 | OTN: Z 1006912-4

Schreck is presumed innocent until proven guilty.