{"id":27092,"date":"2013-10-10T08:43:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T12:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=27092"},"modified":"2013-10-10T08:47:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T12:47:41","slug":"weekend-thief-cashes-in-with-stolen-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/10\/weekend-thief-cashes-in-with-stolen-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Thief Cashes<br> In With Stolen Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qZFop38FJEA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/center><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Crime Stoppers is asking for the public\u2019s help identifying an unknown suspect who used a stolen credit card to withdraw cash from a Lehigh Acres resident\u2019s bank account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">According to deputies, the victim left her purse and wallet in her car during the overnight hours of Saturday, October 5.\u00a0 The following morning, she noticed that her belongings were missing.\u00a0 The vehicle was parked in her driveway on\u00a0Chemstrand Street E., and it did not appear that there was forced entry into the car.\u00a0 Upon investigation, detectives learned that at least one of her credit\/debit cards had been used shortly thereafter at a local CVS store, where cash was withdrawn from her account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><!--more-->Surveillance video captured images of the suspect walking in and out of the store, and now Crime Stoppers is hopeful someone will be able to identify the man.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">\u201cAnytime someone leaves their valuables in an unlocked car, they are opening themselves up to becoming the victim of a crime,\u201d said Trish Routte, Crime Stoppers Coordinator. \u201cThieves are typically looking for an easy target \u2013 not one which will draw attention to their illegal behavior.\u00a0 Taking the one quick step of locking your doors can ensure that your belongings won\u2019t end up in the wrong hands \u2013 especially credit cards and personal identification \u2013 which can lead to further problems down the road.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Anyone with information on the identity and whereabouts of the suspect in the attached video is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477).\u00a0 All callers will remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.\u00a0 Tips may also be made online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swflcrimestoppers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.swflcrimestoppers.org<\/a>\u00a0or by texting a tip to CRIMES (274637) Keyword: REWARD.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crime Stoppers is asking for the public\u2019s help identifying an unknown suspect who used a stolen credit card to withdraw cash from a Lehigh Acres resident\u2019s bank account. According to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}