Thief Steals Madison Woman's Wallet; Makes $1,800 in Purchases
Posted Thursday, December 13, 2012 --- 1:30 p.m.
Incident Report from the Madison Police Department:
Incident Type: Theft
Incident Date: 12/10/2012 - 5:00 PM
Address: 2502 Shopko Dr. (Copps Food Store)
Victim: Female, age 27, Madison
Details: A Madison woman contacted the MPD Tuesday morning after realizing someone had stolen her wallet the afternoon prior. She had been shopping at Copps Food Center, 2502 Shopko Dr. with her purse placed in a cart. The wallet was inside the purse, and she believes someone lifted it when she was not looking.
She realized she had been victimized Tuesday morning when a fraud alert email from a credit card company showed up. She quickly canceled her credit cards but not before a criminal rang up more than $1,800 worth of purchases at various locations.
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by Jackson Location: Wisconsin on Dec 15, 2012 at 07:15 AMGuess what? If you don't like the fact that store's are not responsible for your stupidity with credit cards, no one is forcing you to have them. You can use cash.[ Report Abuse ]
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by Name Location: Location on Dec 14, 2012 at 06:10 PMHOw did she pay for her groceries if someone stole her wallet while she was in the store?[ Report Abuse ]
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by guest Location: madison on Dec 14, 2012 at 10:16 AMI see people doing this all the time at stores...people it is easier to watch your items ....at times there are alot of people at certains items on a shelf but others will walk up to get something and of course they don't have room for a cart so leave it there...just wait til the crowd over the shelf has left the area....can't be that much in a hurry[ Report Abuse ]
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by Jason on Dec 14, 2012 at 10:16 AMBonnie, credit cards don't have to ask you for ID. The signature on the back of the credit card is all they are required to check. The credit card company will eat the cost if the store followed the proper procedures and the credit card owner will not be required to pay for those charges. For this amount, they may spend a few minutes trying to track down the thief.[ Report Abuse ]
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by bonnie Location: Sauk City on Dec 14, 2012 at 03:41 AMIt should not be hard to find the person who did this all the card company has to do is look to see where the purchases were and go from there. I would not be to happy with the businesses cause WTH why are they not asking to see an ID[ Report Abuse ]
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