The family "pretty much keeps a real low profile," said a neighbor who requested anonymity. "I don't think anyone on this block knows him or her real well."
One neighbor, Robin Bacciocco, said she'd talked from time to time with Jessica and Michael Eads, a retired teacher who worked with handicapped students. But "since the daughter's here, things have been much quieter," said Bacciocco, who sees Jocelyn Kirsch entering and leaving the house often. Kirsch, she said, arrived back in December with her mother.
Bacciocco and the other neighbor said they were unaware they were living near a young woman who faces criminal charges and is out on bail. Yet Bacciocco said she had heard of the high-profile case. "It's a small world," she said.
The car that Kirsch sometimes uses to get to work, a cream-colored 1990 Crown Victoria with maroon interior, is often seen parked in the family's driveway.
When contacted for comment by telephone, Jessica Eads said, "No, I'm not able to comment. Sorry," before she hung up.
Anderton, meanwhile, is living back home with his mother and father in Everett, Wash.
While in the City of Brotherly Love, Jocelyn Sarah Kirsch lived with Anderton, a 2005 University of Pennsylvania graduate, in a $3,000-per-month, two-bedroom apartment in the Belgravia, a tony Center City building within walking distance of Rittenhouse Square nightlife.
She drove around in a Dodge Neon, yet managed to appear with Anderton on the society pages of Philadelphia magazine for attending the exclusive Rittenhouse Square fundraiser "Ball on the Square." No shrinking violet, Kirsch also performed in a Drexel production of the "Vagina Monologues."
While in Philly, the Miami-born Kirsch claimed to be a Lithuanian native and a speaker of several lesser-known languages, including Czech and Afrikaans. The number of languages she said she spoke varied, depending on the day and the audience.
Kirsch told her Drexel classmates that she wanted to be an international ambassador. In a way, she lived as one even before her scheduled 2008 graduation. She globetrotted with Anderton to dream vacation spots including Paris and Turks and Caicos. The dynamic duo had planned on a sojourn to Morocco this past December.
The trips were paid, Philadelphia police say, with credit cards opened with other people's personal information, which had been obtained by the duo. At least two alleged victims were their neighbors.
In California, Kirsch's travels extend to Napa for her paid and volunteer jobs, although her bail conditions do not restrict travel.
The Silverado Plaza Starbucks where Kirsch has worked since January is tucked next to a Jamba Juice; the Great Clips hair salon; Papyrus, a high-end stationery store; and local retailers along Trancas Street, one of many east-west roads that link the mile-wide Napa Valley. Three Starbucks stores are within a 1.5-mile stretch of Trancas.
Kirsch arrived at the Starbucks at 7:20 one recent chilly morning. Her mom, director of the Nursing Center of Excellence at Queen of the Valley Hospital on Trancas, just a few short blocks away from Silverado Plaza, dropped her off with the sun barely up.
Kirsch emerged from the white 2000 Buick with all the enthusiasm of a dental patient. Known for her high-end fashion tastes, that day she kept it simple. She wore black pants, black sneakers with silver accents, a black North Face fleece and an oversized black patent bag. Her dark brown wavy hair swung loose past her shoulders.
Tresses that, more than likely, aren't her own, according to the Giovanni & Pileggi hairstylist, who cops say was scammed by Kirsch and Anderton.
Back in November, Jennifer Bisicchia spent 7 1/2 hours placing hair extensions in Kirsch's hair, accoutrements that cost the stylist $2,200 out of her own pocket. Kirsch passed two bad checks to the salon while Anderton phoned in a faux credit card for the deposit, according to Bisicchia and police.
If her hair is long, then she still has the extensions, Bisicchia said. Shown two recent photographs of Kirsch, Bisicchia said she is sure her hair pulled into a bun are extensions.
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