Woman at Tanger Outlets tried to use stolen debit card, cops say
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County police First Squad detectives have released surveillance images of a woman they said they are seeking in connection with the use of a stolen debit card in early December 2015. Credit: SCPD
A woman caught on surveillance video is being sought by police, who want to question her about the unauthorized use of a debit card stolen, along with cash, from a cafe in Babylon back in December.
Suffolk County police said the cash and Visa debit card were in a Coach purse stolen from a victim at the Post Office Cafe on Main Street on Dec. 6.
The card was used a the Bob’s store in West Islip on Dec. 7 and the woman being sought then was stopped from attempting to use the card at the Nike store at the Tanger Outlets in Deer Park later that same day, the transaction declined, police said.
Anyone with information about the woman — or the crime — is being asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-8477.
All calls will remain confidential.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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