Drinks server shown her own stolen ID - coincidence?

Victim, Brianna Priddy of Colorado, serving drinks is handed her own stolen driver's license as ID - is this an amazing coincidence? Karma, maybe, some see it that way. Unlikely? Yes and no. It had to happen one day.
The ID is allegedly taken from a nightclub, probably near where both thief and victim live. The ID may then be used all over their local area in eating places, supermarkets or places selling alcohol. Until the paths of the two people overlap and the alleged thief is caught. The linking factor is not that two people, victim and thief, use the same two venues, but that the stolen ID belongs to a food and drinks server who asks other people ordering drinks to show an ID card.
Was the ID belonging to the server the only one available?
People are surprised that a false ID was allegedly used by somebody old enough to buy drinks. Why did they not use their own ID? Presumably to avoid being recognised for previous activity or future activity.
Now we get back to the irony again. Full circle of astonishment.
For full story see Daily Mail on line March 7 2013