A Waitress Called the Police When Someone Went To Pay With a Credit Card That Had Her Name On It
PINE BLUFF, Ar. (WDHN) — A man is in custody after trying to pay a woman at a restaurant with her own stolen credit card.
Pine Bluff Police say on June 17 a woman went into the United Filling Station located at the intersection of Dollarway and Hutchinson.
According to a news release, she parked her vehicle in front of the business and entered the store.
While she was in the store, police say a man shoplifted a bottled drink and another male also left the pumps without paying for his gas. When the woman returned to her vehicle she said she found that her vehicle had been broken into and her purse had been stolen. Video surveillance shows the man at the gas pump breaking in the vehicle and stealing the woman’s purse; then driving to the side of the business to pick up the man inside that shoplifted the drink before driving away.
Pine Bluff Police say the woman works as a waitress at a local restaurant, located two blocks from where her purse was stolen. On June 19, the woman told police a man she was serving handed her a card to pay for his meal. As she went to ring up the purchase, she discovered that the card had her own name on it.
According to the police report, she called police instead of ringing up the bill. Pine Bluff Police arrested Shamon West, 21 at the restaurant. In addition to the card West tried to pay with, officers searched West and found a driver’s license, other credit cards, and a social security card all belonging to the woman.
Yeah, you can’t do that. I think the number one rule of credit card theft is that you should avoid the person you stole it from for the rest of forever. But Hubbs how could you know what the woman looked like with just her credit card? Well, this brainiac also stole this woman’s driver’s license and social security card so he knew actually everything about her. He literally knew the exact kind of woman to avoid and still went along with the attempted payment. You know what you do? You avoid anyone that even has a similar hair color that this woman has. Don’t even pay for something in the same town. You take ZERO chances, period if you’re in this guy’s spot.
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Why would you ever steal a women’s identity and try to pay for normal things? That’s not going to work at all. If you’re going to steal an identity it has to be a guy’s at the bare minimum. I can’t see what good stealing a woman’s identity does for you unless everything you buy is from online. By paying for things in person, someone is going to eventually check the name on the card and see you aren’t a woman and start to ask questions. This guy has to be one of the worst felons of all-time.