A charity shop at Warners Bay is counting the cost after an early-morning break-in.
Lake Macquarie police responded to an intruder alarm at the Salvos Store on Medcalf Street just after 12.30am on Friday.
They arrived to find the front window had been smashed and a 29-year-old woman inside the store.
Police suspect she may have been looking for a place to sleep for the night.
The woman's been charged with malicious damage and trespass and has been refused bail to face Newcastle Local Court today.
