Posted on 10/25/2022 12:05:42 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A credit card that "must have fallen out of her bag" turned a woman into a crime victim.
That card was used at a food and liquor store on President Barack Obama Highway in Riviera Beach, and some other places.
Police went there on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 24, and met up with a mother and daughter. The two have a joint account together which was attached to the daughter’s debit card. The daughter said she keeps it in her purse, and she last saw it the day before.
Still, charges were being made.
An officer wrote in the arrest report, "I was able to gain access to the security footage of the male that used the card without the consent of the cardholder."
The officer described the guy and added, "The store clerk advised that he had never seen the male in the store before, suggesting to me that the male was not a regular at the store. On the video, he was wearing a white shirt with multicolored Hawaiian-style shorts with multicolored sandals."
How many transactions would a thief make in two days?
The arrest report mentioned 15 "inquiries" to the account:
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LOL. Like MLK Blvd in any city, I wouldn't go there after dark.
Interesting concept....
Several years ago I was at the local post office on a Sunday using the automated system and no one was there.
I almost missed a navy federal card on the top since it was flipped over. It blended in well.
So I called and let the credit union crowd about the found card.
In the town where I worked, a road to connect a base to town but which bypassed the crowded main roads was called Freedom Way. Of course, someone came along and decided it should be called MLK Blvd. It was just stupid pandering. Freedom Way stood for all Americans, especially the military from the surrounding bases, and not just one demographic.
Good job. Keep your record clean from crime.
Gotta’ thank the city commissions.
Those three placenames serve a distinct public service.
The highway is real name is old Dixie. Or Dixie runs through Florida and I heard it goes all the way to Chicago but when it went through Riviera Beach and there’s a black population they have to rename it don’t you know?
should’ve used it to by bitcoin and then launder it thru a casino.
They got him too soon. His next stop was the shoe store for some work boots.
It looked so new I was suspicious and immediately looked around for a camera......................
“on President Barack Obama Highway”
Not a good place to lose a credit card.
“His next stop was the shoe store for some work boots.”
And a job application.
One day my mother over the phone was checking the balances on her accounts when she learned of a 2 hundred dollar charge on her card at a store she’s never been to.
She checked her purse and pockets for that card, but it was missing. She suspects she was pickpocketed on the commuter train on her way to or from work. She called up the bank to report her card stolen.
Next day, the thieves that had the card returned to the very same store, only this time to try to purchase 2 thousand dollars worth of goods on mother’s card. When they went to the cashier to pay and handed over mothers card, the cashier tried to process the card. But on her screen it was listed as stolen.
The cashier secretly alerted store security who in turn called the cops while the cashier stalled the thieves. The cops came and they were arrested right there in the store and mother was reimbursed her 2 hundred bucks.
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