February 10, 2012

CD: Starkville police search for identity theft suspect

TIM PRATT

100218_identityThe Starkville Police Department is searching for a woman suspected of using a Missouri woman’s debit card last month to purchase items at Wal-Mart on Highway 12 West.

The incident occurred the evening of Jan. 31 when a black female with two small children purchased a flat-screen television, several Nintendo Wii games and multiple iTunes gift cards, Starkville Police Department Detective Landon Stamps said. He did not disclose the amount of charges the suspect put on the victim’s debit card.

The suspect first tried to use a different credit or debit card to make the purchases, but the card was rejected, Stamps said. It was only then when the suspect used the duplicate debit card, which can be obtained from a bank if a person says their original is lost, belonging to the woman from Missouri, he said.

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